A Bill to make provision about the prevention of fraud against public authorities and the making of erroneous payments by public authorities; about the recovery of money paid by public authorities as a result of fraud or error; and for connected purposes.
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1 The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill ("the Bill") is intended to safeguard public money and protect the economic well-being of the country by reducing public sector fraud, error and debt. The Bill makes provisions to better identify, prevent and deter public sector fraud and error and enable the better recovery of money (debt) owed to the taxpayer where public money has been stolen or overpaid.
2 The Bill introduces new powers to enable the Cabinet Office to investigate public sector fraud outside of tax and social security, using its expertise to act on behalf of other p…