Briefing papers

• Draft PACE Code B Explanatory Notes
  
  
• Draft PACE Code C Explanatory Notes
  
  
• Draft PACE Code D Explanatory Notes
  
  
• Draft PACE Code E Explanatory Notes
  
  
• Legal Aid Another Hurdle to Jump, by Malcolm Gardner
  
  
• War Pensions Agency Transferred to MoD
  
• Audit Commission Risk Briefing
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             PDFs/brrisk 2001.pdf

• NAO report on the NHS
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          PDFs/0102119NHS.pdf

• Attachments relating to the Scampion Report 
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          Scampion Preface                             Scampion Main Document                 Scampion Appendices 

• Local Authority Benefit Security, by Malcolm Gardner 
  
• Social Security Fraud Bill Gets Royal Assent, by Malcolm Gardner  
  
• Taxi Drivers Earnings, by  Malcolm Gardner
  
• Verification Framework Scheme, by  Malcolm Gardner
  
• The Fraud Bill - Malcolm Gardner looks at the Fraud Bill
  
• Weekly Benefits Savings Scheme Replacement, by Malcolm Gardner
  
• Prosecuting Staff, by Malcolm Gardner
  
• Fraudweb District Council Fraud Prosecution Policy, by Malcolm Gardner
  
• Fraudweb District Council Principles of Fraud Investigation, by Malcolm Gardner
  
• WBS II: The bride of WBS, by Malcolm Gardner
  
• Benefit Investigation Fraud Current State of Affairs, by Malcolm Gardner
  
• Wbs 2001 onwards, by Matt Taylor.  As part of the comments generated by our survey, Matt Taylor ,Elmbridge, gives his views on  improving Wbs/ Prosecutions subsidy
  
• Human Rights Act 1998 - Part 3, by Malcom Gardner
  
• Human Rights Act 1998 - Part 2, by Malcom Gardner
  
• Human Rights Act 1998 - Part 1, by Malcom Gardner

• Example of IUC (Interview under caution), Police transcription
  
• Weekly Benefit Savings Scheme - Part Six, by Malcolm Gardner

• Weekly Benefit Savings Scheme - Part Five, by Malcolm Gardner
  
• Weekly Benefit Savings Scheme - Part Four, by Malcolm Gardner
  
• Weekly Benefit Savings Scheme - Part Three, by Malcolm Gardner

• Weekly Benefit Savings Scheme - Part Two, by Malcolm Gardner
  
• Weekly Benefit Savings Scheme - Part One, by Malcolm Gardner
  
• Verification Framework, How has it moved on?, by Steve Talbot  

• Unquiet Revolution on Housing Benefit, by Malcolm Gardner and Robert Barr
  
• Non- Police Organisations: Cautioning of Offenders - Malcolm Gardner looks

                at the problems    (1)

• Using Data Warehousing to Fight Fraud in Local Authorities -   If only Local Government knew what Local Government knows.  Reprint of  an article published in the Microsoft "Citizen 2001, Public Service for the next Millennium"magazine.
  
• Deconstructing Housing Benefits - Malcolm Gardner looks at the issues likely to be raised by the Daily Mail story "Brown to Axe Housing Benefit".(1)
• Will you be ready when the whistle blows?- looking at whistle blowing.
  
• Housing Benefit Landlord Fraud  - looking at the area of Landlord Fraud,  outlining the types of fraud and recommending good practice.
  
• Organised Housing Benefit Fraud- looking at some of the areas of organised fraud.
  
• Audit Commission/NAO Report into HB Fraud - Malcolm Gardner looks at the points raised in these 1999 updates to 1997 reports and concludes that the reports form essential reading for Councils who wish to avoid adverse comments in future BFI reports.

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