Guidance

Professional standards and guidance for fraud risk assessment in government

How to carry out a fraud risk assessment (FRA) in central government.

• From: Public Sector Fraud Authority
• Published: 27 January 2022
• Last updated: 20 April 2022 — See all updates

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Professional standards and guidance for fraud risk assessment in government

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This document contains the professional standards and guidance for people and organisations who are undertaking fraud risk assessments (FRA) in central government.

It contains guidance on:

• what good FRA products look like
• how to correctly implement FRA processes
• what an organisation needs to consider in relation to FRA

It also contains a competency framework, which outline the knowledge, skills and experience required by those operating effectively and how these develop through the competency framework levels.

Published 27 January 2022
Last updated 20 April 2022 + show all updates

1. 20 April 2022

   Document updated to provide guidance on mandatory fraud impact assessments. Most of the changes are found in Section D: Guidance for Professionals (particularly sub-section D6: Assessments).

2. 27 January 2022

   First published.