Publication: The National Fraud Initiative in Scotland 2024

A data matching exercise detected £21.5 million worth of fraud and payment errors across the Scottish public sector.

The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) helps detect and prevent fraud and error by matching data sets across public bodies. Savings are identified, for example, by checking eligibility for council tax discounts against the electoral register. The initiative runs every two years.

An error in the exhibit on page 12 was identified and figures corrected on 12 September 2024.