The document discusses multi-departmental cooperation in detecting internally generated fraud within the UK government. It outlines how the Department for Work and Pensions is working to improve internal investigations across departments by creating a network of investigators, standardizing procedures, and moving its internal investigations function to a new government agency to increase consistency and efficiencies. The goal is to build expertise in investigating internal fraud cases and enable better information sharing among departments.

2. Multi-Departmental Co-Operation in the
Detection of Internally Generated Fraud
Graeme Bowers,
Investigations Manager, Internal Audit and
Investigations,
Department for Work and Pensions

3. Multi-Departmental Co-operation in
the detection of internally generated
fraud
Graeme Bowers, Assistant Head of Internal Investigations
Fraud and Error Conference
23 February 2016

4. 4Department for Work & Pensions
A unified front against fraud
A true partnership between industry, law enforcement and
government
I want the Joint Fraud Taskforce to signal a new type of partnership
- truly collaborative, driving our collective action to reduce the
numbers of victims; reduce the impact of fraud; and increase the
prosecution and disruption of fraudsters.
Theresa May 10 Feb 2016

5. 5Department for Work & Pensions
Looking Inwards
• Understand your own business
– prevention and detection is a collaborative effort
in DWP between business units
– greater investment in designing out fraud
– Proactive detection - smarter, targeted controls
– Learn from investigations
– Design in controls; partnership with audit

6. 6Department for Work & Pensions
The investigation of Internal Fraud across
Government
• different approaches to investigations
• pockets of expertise
• isolated examples of collaborative working
• reliance on expensive external resources
• Inconsistent approach introduces risks

7. 7Department for Work & Pensions
What are we doing in DWP?
• Cross Government Investigators Network
(CGIN)
• investing in the professional development of
staff
• supporting the Cabinet Office to develop
centrally agreed standards for internal
investigations
• undertaking investigations on behalf of other
Departments
• develop separate terms of engagement

8. 8Department for Work & Pensions
What does the future look like?
• In April 2016 DWP moves its Internal
Investigations function to the Government
Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)
• create an expert domain for internal fraud
• co-ordinate the alignment of policies and
procedures
• Build on DWP’s mature model for internal
investigations

9. 9Department for Work & Pensions
What are the benefits?
• Consistency in the delivery of response
• Provide consistency in the way internal fraud
is recorded, tackled and reported
• Create efficiencies
• Shared resources
• Build on relationships between internal audit
and investigations

10. Graeme Bowers, Assistant Head of Internal Investigations
Telephone: 01283 505061
Email : graeme.bowers@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

11. Addressing the Social and Economic
Impacts of Money Laundering through
Intelligence Sharing
Donald Toon,
Economic Crime Command Director,
National Crime Agency

12. John Manzoni
Chief Executive, Civil Service

14. Question and Answers Session

15. Lunch, Networking and Exhibition