Fraud employees

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Dear Hull City 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

Information Governance, Hull City Council

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Questions

 

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

 

 

If you wish to speak to anybody in respect of your request then please
contact the Information Governance Team on 01482 300300 or e-mail
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Information Governance Officer

Town Clerk's Service

Hull City Council

Tel: 01482 300300

 

 

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Dear Sir/Madam

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information Request - 000401/22

 

With regards to your Freedom of Information request received on
01/03/2022, please find our response below. 

 

 

 1. Could you please disclose how many employees have been suspended over
allegations of fraud.

Please provide an annual break down from 2017-2021

 

2017 – 1

2018 – 4

2019 – 1

2020 – 1

2021 up to 28.02.22 - 0

 

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

 

7 pending investigations.

 

 2. If you can, please provide detail on the type of fraud committed.

 

▪ Defrauding the council – using Council equipment for personal gain – 2
cases
▪ Defrauding the council – incorrect recording of timesheets/forms - 2
cases
▪ Cash amount discrepancies – 1 case
▪ Driving without a licence – 1 case
▪ Practising without correct registration status - 1

 

 

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us. 

 

Should you wish to complain about our response in any way this must
initially be done by e-mailing [1][Hull City Council request email] or by
contacting us at The Information Governance Team, The Guildhall, Alfred
Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA.

 

Your request for internal review should be submitted to us within 40
working days of receipt by you of this response. Any such request received
after this time will only be considered at the Council’s discretion.

 

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may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the
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Information Commissioner’s Office

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Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9 5AF

 

Web site: [2]https://ico.org.uk

Report a concern: [3]https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

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Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate)

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

Information Governance Officer

Town Clerk's Service

Hull City Council

Tel: 01482 300300

 

 

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