Contractor Fraud within BEIS;MoJ and DfE

Purpose
To identify the level of fraud in the process of employing and paying external contractors within BEIS; MoJ; and DfE.
Information sharing benefits
Assist participating authorities to quantify and potentially reduce the level of fraud and error relating to the employment of external contractors. Help authorities to investigate and identify specific instances where overpayments have been made to external contractors; and instigate recovery action.  Help to demonstrate the cross government use and value of sharing data using the DEA and its wider potential benefits in counter fraud data analytics.
Disclosed information
Data relating to identity (First name; Surname; NINO; Address; Postcode) Data relating to external contractor status (Period of employment; Hourly or daily rate of pay or payment for contract; and FTE/PTE flag (where available). Aggregated reports to be shared back to participating orgs (details of successful ID match indicators; organisational matches; and dates of overlap of employment)
Information sharing method
Encrypted Email Transfer
Contact
foi-team@cabinetoffice.gov.uk; foi.requests@beis.gov.uk
Start date
2020-09-28
End date
2021-09-28
Review date
Retention period
P1M
Isa status
Complete
Id
83
Notes
no change
Updated
06 November 2024

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