The issues faced by the Department around counter-fraud are not unique, and many of the lessons can be applied across government. All parts of government need to prioritise building a strong counter-fraud culture, clear leadership accountability, a better understanding of fraud risks, effective deterrence, and the use of data to prevent fraud from happening. The previous Committee reported that tackling fraud requires stronger leadership at senior levels and better information on the scale of fraud. We found that government as a whole has not been able to explain clearly how it will deliver the significant fraud savings it expects from the use of data analytics in practice. recommendation The Public Sector Fraud Authority should circulate our report to all counter-fraud teams and support them to reflect on how they too can improve the savings they achieve from counter-fraud work, and consider the learnings from this in the fraud savings targets they agree with public bodies. 7 1 Performance in managing fraud losses Introduction