4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: September 2026 4.2 The government recognises the value in developing an accessible library of counter fraud controls that support public bodies to embed preventative and detective controls. 4.3 The PSFA’s Data and Analytics Team is developing a central list of counter fraud data analytics controls that includes guidance on different controls to help mitigate different fraud risks. For example, when and how data matching and machine learning techniques should be used. This library is being co-developed and tested with the International Public Sector Fraud Forum (IPSFF), ensuring it is informed by international best practice. The government will provide a progress update to the Committee in six months’ time. 4.4 The update will also include the ongoing actions to improve the process of data sharing through the powers enabled by the Digital Economy Act (DEA). Since the National Audit Office’s report in 2025, the DEA Secretariat has enacted a series of reforms to simplify the data sharing pilot process through the use of AI to automate proformas. Building on this, the update will set out the progress of the DEA fraud pilots, including those moving into business as usual, and the progress in undertaking a review of the DEA Code of Practice to ensure it facilitates simpler and more streamlined pilots.