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Audit Commission - National Fraud Initiative 2010/11 Fair
Processing Notice
In October 2010 the Council will be taking part in the National
Fraud Initiative. Personal data relating to employees; insurance
claimants, applicants for concessionary travel, residents’ parking
permits, market trader, taxi and personal licences and benefit
claimants will be supplied to the Audit Commission for matching
with other data to prevent and detect fraud and error in public
finance expenditure.
Ryedale District Council is required by law to protect the
public funds it administers. It may share information provided to
it with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering
public funds, in order to prevent and detect fraud.
The Audit Commission appoints the auditor to audit the accounts
of this authority. It is also responsible for carrying out data
matching exercises.
Data matching involves comparing computer records held by one
body against other computer records held by the same or another
body. This is usually personal information. Computerised data
matching allows fraudulent claims and payments to be identified.
Where a match is found it may indicate that there is an
inconsistency, which may require further investigation. No
assumption can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or other
explanation until an investigation is carried out.
The Audit Commission currently requires us to participate in a
data matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of
fraud. The Audit Commission requires this authority to provide
information it holds for this purpose. We are required to provide
particular sets of data to the Audit Commission for matching for
each exercise, and these are set out in the Audit Commission’s
handbooks, which can be found at www.audit-commission.gov.uk/nfi.
The use of data by the Audit Commission in a
data matching exercise is carried out with statutory authority
under its powers in Part 2A of the Audit Commission Act 1998. It
does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under the
Data Protection Act 1998.
Data matching by the Audit Commission is
subject to a Code of Practice. This may be found
www.audit-commission.gov.uk/nfi/pages/codeofdatamatchingpractice.aspx
For further information on the Audit
Commission’s legal powers and the reasons why it matches particular
information, see
www.audit-commission.gov.uk/nfi/instructions/fairprocessingnotice/pages/level3fulltext.aspx.
For further information on data matching at
this authority please email dpa@ryedale.gov.uk or ring
01653 600666 ext 348. Hard copies of the information on the
websites can be supplied on request.
Contact Details
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Contact name
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Data Protection
Officer
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Telephone
Number
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01653 600666 ext 348
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Email
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dpa@ryedale.gov.uk
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Fax
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01653 696801
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