Dec 9, 2025 · The Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner, Tom Hayhoe’s, final report to Parliament finds many schemes - including Bounce Back Loans - were rolled out with huge fraud risks …

The role of the COVID Counter-Fraud Commissioner is cross-cutting, drawing on the Public Sector Fraud Authority, Government Commercial Function, and the Department of Health and …

Feb 3, 2025 · Introduction £47 billion of loans given out of taxpayers’ money. £4.9 billion estimated to be lost to fraud.1 Under the government Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), …

Sep 8, 2023 · Report by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, with recommendations to government

One of the key lessons from the level of fraud in government’s COVID-19 response is the need to design counter-fraud measures, including controls, reporting and recovery, into new initiatives …

Apr 25, 2023 · In its recommendations, the PAC calls on the Business Department to quantify its latest estimates of fraud and error in each of the COVID-19 grant schemes and explain its …

The schemes were successful in distributing financial support quickly during the pandemic, but to make a swift rollout possible, the government relaxed its control over public funds, …

Mar 24, 2025 · This Plan will be aligned to the development of organisational action plans as set out in the Counter Fraud Functional Standard.

Dec 9, 2025 · I am pleased to inform the House that the Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner’s independent review, “Pursuing Recoveries and Preventing Reoccurrence”, CP 1462, has been …

Sep 8, 2023 · The schemes were successful in distributing financial support quickly during the pandemic, but to make a swift rollout possible, the government relaxed its control over public …