Fraud employees

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Dear West Suffolk Council,

Could you please disclose how many council employees have been suspended over allegations of fraud? How many of those were suspended on full pay?
If you are able to, please provide some detail on the type of fraud commited

Please provide an annual break down from 2017-2021

Yours faithfully,

Gurpreet Kaur

foi, West Suffolk Council

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foi, West Suffolk Council

Thank you for your two emails received on 1 March (copied below) which we
will record as a single request.

[1]How we use your information

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Canham, Wendy, West Suffolk Council

Hello

 

 

Please see below response to your request for information:

 

 1. How many employees have been suspended over allegations of fraud in
each year going back to 2017.

 

None.

 

 2. How many of those were suspended on full pay?

 

N/A

 

If you are unhappy with this response you may request an internal review
of this matter via the Council’s corporate complaints procedure.

 

If, after an internal review, you are still unhappy with the decision, you
have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at the following
address:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545 745

Fax: 01625 524 510

Email: [1][email address]

 

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Wendy Canham MCIPD
Service Manager (Human Resources and Organisational Development)
Human Resources
Direct dial:  01284 757006
Mobile:  07908 788509
Email:  [2][email address]
[3]www.westsuffolk.gov.uk
West Suffolk Council
#TeamWestSuffolk

West Suffolk Council supports our staff to work flexibly and we respect
the fact that you may also be working at different times to suit you and
your organisation's needs. Please do not action or respond to this message
outside of your own working hours.

West Suffolk Council is playing its part to support our communities and
businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak. Prioritising this work may mean
other services are impacted or you may get a slower response than normal.
[4]Report, pay and apply online 24 hours a day
[5]Find my nearest for information about your area
West Suffolk Council is the Data Controller of the information you are
providing. Any personal information shared by email will be processed,
protected and disposed of in accordance with the General Data Protection
Regulations and Data Protection Act 2018. In some circumstances we may
need to disclose your personal details to a third party so that they can
provide a service you have requested, fulfil a request for information or
because we have a legal requirement to do so. Any information about you
that we pass to a third party will be held securely by that party. For
more information on how we do this and your rights in regards to your
personal information and how to access it, visit our website: [6]How we
use your information

 

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