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Question for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UIN 65728, tabled on 18 October 2022

Question

Lisa Nandy
Labour
Wigan
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential risk of (a) money laundering, (b) tax fraud and (c) other illicit financial activities operating in proposed Investment Zones.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Lee Rowley
Conservative
North East Derbyshire
Commons

Answered on

24 October 2022

HM Treasury and the Department for Levelling up Housing and Communities take a risk-based approach to fraud and error in meeting their policy objectives as advised by the Public Sector Fraud Authority and the National Audit Office.

The Departments manage and assess fraud risk in line with current guidance in the Green Book, Managing Public Money, and the Government Functional Standard for Counter Fraud.

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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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