Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner on the Action Fraud Statistics Quarter 3 1^st October 2022- 31^st December 2022.

Officers noted that the report included a large amount of information which it was agreed would be assessed to report this more effectively to the Committee in future.

A Member observed that the forty percent increase in Action Fraud complaints was a sizable increase and requested further information on the context of this increase. Officers confirmed that Action Fraud complaints at this level had been experienced before but that the specific reasons for this increase would be confirmed in the next update.

Alderman Professor Emma Edhem joined the informal meeting of the Committee at this stage.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted.