Organisation name North Yorkshire County Council Organisation code http://opendatacommunities.org/id/county-council/north-yorkshire Effective date 31/12/2014Data @ 31/12/2014 or for the calendar year 2014 Number of occasions the council has used powers under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act, or similar powers0 occasionsThe County Council does not have responsibility for the administration of housing benefit or social housing Mandatory Total number of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud1010 investigation staff employed by Veritau – a shared services company wholly owned by City of York Council and North Yorkshire County CouncilMandatory FTE number of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud8.5 FTE8.5 FTE investigation staffMandatory Total number of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists9Mandatory FTE number of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists8 FTEMandatory total amount spent by the council on the investigation and prosecution of fraud£76,117Cost to council of Veritau investigation teamMandatory total number of fraud cases investigated32 casesbased on completed casesMandatory total number of occasions on which fraud was identified22Recommended total monetary value of the fraud that was detected£86,178Recommended