Manchester City Council Counter Fraud Work and Case Data

Manchester City Council publishes consolidated information on its counter fraud work, including the use of powers, employee data, and fraud cases. The data is compiled from casework management systems by HR, Legal Services, the Benefits Fraud Investigation Group, and Internal Audit. It was last updated on 2026-07-07.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in fraud case outcomes based on consolidated casework data.
• Studying the application of counter fraud powers by a local authority.
• Investigating operational structures for fraud investigation based on employee and departmental data.

Strengths

• Data is consolidated from multiple authoritative internal sources: HR, Legal Services, Benefits Fraud Investigation Group, and Internal Audit.
• Published under the Open Government Licence (OGL-UK-3.0), facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and institutional bias inherent to Manchester City Council's operations.

Provenance

Source

Manchester City Council

Collection Method

Consolidated from casework management systems by internal departments.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-07 12:13:23.797017; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Manchester, United Kingdom