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Recommendation 33
33
Accepted
Paragraph: 133
Upcoming Fraud Action Plan needs clear roles for public and private sectors.
Recommendation
Government should continue to bring together the public and private sectors and ensure that the upcoming Fraud Action Plan sets out its ambition for tackling fraud, how this will be achieved, and the roles and responsibilities each industry has within a unified response to fraud.
Government Response Summary
The government agrees on the need for a unified public and private sector response to fraud, citing ongoing collaboration through the Joint Fraud Taskforce. It commits to shortly publishing a new strategy that will detail its ambitions, methods, and partnership approach to combatting fraud.
Paragraph Reference:
133
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Government agrees that tackling fraud requires a unified and co-ordinated response from government, law enforcement and the private sector to better protect the public and businesses from fraud, reduce the impact of fraud on victims, and increase the disruption and prosecution of fraudsters. The Home Office continues to drive forward this collaboration by convening public and private sector partners through the Joint Fraud Taskforce, which last met on 21 November 2022. The Government will shortly publish a new strategy which will detail how we will: stop fraud attempts so that people don’t lose money; empower potential victims to recognise and avoid fraud; and prosecute far more fraudsters. We will work with industry to remove the vulnerabilities that fraudsters exploit; with intelligence agencies to shut down fraudulent infrastructure; with law enforcement to identify and bring the most harmful offenders to justice; and with all partners to ensure that the public have the advice and support they need.