Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner (copy attached).

Members received a report of the Commissioner explaining the rationale and history of the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, setting out its current functions and activities, funding position, and outlining the planned future steps to develop the role of the Bureau.

          The Commissioner made the point that the NFIB was more reliant on external funding and work was undertaken with many other agencies to maximise its usefulness. With this in mind, a recent grant of £2million over two years to fund the establishment of the NFIB as the cybercrime reporting centre was highly valuable.

          RECEIVED.