Report of Corporate Director - B.1 Risk Based Verification Policy
To seek the Committee’s necessary annual approval of the Council’s Risk Based Verification Policy
Minutes:
There was submitted a report of the Corporate Director (Corporate Services) which sought the Committee’s annual approval of the Council’s Risk Based Verification Policy.
The Committee was informed that the Council had voluntarily adopted a Risk Based Verification (RBV) Policy, as recommended by the Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) in August 2012. The Council was required, via its Audit Committee (or similar), to conduct an annual review of the RBV Policy.
It was reported that the Council’s Section 151 Officer, as required by the DWP, had undertaken the necessary review with no material changes proposed in 2016 apart from extending the risk based methodology to all changes to circumstances reported by claimants.
Accordingly, in order to enable this matter to move forward it was RESOLVED that the Risk Based Verification Policy, following this year’s annual review and as set out in Appendix A to item B.1 of the Report of the Corporate Director (Corporate Services), be approved.
Having discussed the issue, the Committee RECOMMENDED that:
Following the 2016 annual review, the Risk Based Verification Policy as set out in Appendix A attached to the Report B.1 of the Corporate Director (Corporate Services) was approved.