Fraud Investigation Metrics for East Cambridgeshire District Council

1.5 full-time equivalent employees are dedicated to fraud investigation for the Council. The dataset contains supporting notes on fraud investigation activities, staffing, and costs within a four-partner Local Authority Revenues and Benefits Partnership. It was published by the East Cambridgeshire District Council and last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking fraud investigation staffing levels based on the full-time equivalent figures mentioned.
• Analyzing the cost structure of shared fraud investigation services based on the partnership model described.
• Studying the volume of fraud referrals versus sanctions based on the note distinguishing case referrals from sanction outcomes.

Strengths

• Includes specific staffing figures (1.5 FTE investigators, 1.25 FTE accredited specialists).
• Describes a clear organizational context (four-partner Local Authority Revenues and Benefits Partnership).
• Clarifies a key data point (cases referred for investigation, not cases resulting in sanctions).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

East Cambridgeshire District Council

Collection Method

Likely administrative reporting from a Local Authority Revenues and Benefits Partnership.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:19.784936; freshness should be verified.

Geography

East Cambridgeshire District, England, UK