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| Executive agency overview | |
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| Formed | October 2008 |
| Dissolved | March 2014 |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | London |
| Executive agency executive |
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| Website | NFA |
The National Fraud Authority (NFA) was an executive agency of the United Kingdom Home Office responsible for increasing protection for the British economy from the harm caused by fraud.[1] The NFA worked with a wide range of partners with the aim of making fraud more difficult to commit in the UK.[2]
Formerly the National Strategic Fraud Authority, it was set up in October 2008 in response to the government's Fraud Review in 2006. It concluded that fraud was a significantly under-reported crime, and while various agencies and organisations were attempting to tackle the issue, greater co-operation was needed to achieve a real impact within the public sector. The scale of the problem pointed to the need to bring together the numerous counter-fraud initiatives that existed, which is when the NFA was formed.[3]
The Chief Executive was Stephen Harrison.[4]
The Home Secretary Theresa May announced in December 2013 that the NFA would be closed on 31 March 2014. Strategic development and threat analysis was transferred to the National Crime Agency, Action Fraud was transferred to the City of London Police, the e-confidence campaign transferred to the Home Office and responsibility for the development of the Counter-fraud Checking Service was taken on by the Cabinet Office.[5][6]
- ^ "Agencies and public bodies". Home Office. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "UK Toughens Up on Fraudsters With New Anti-Fraud Authority" (PDF). Attorney General. 1 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ^ Baird, Vera (18 June 2009). Fraud (Small Businesses) - Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Solicitor-General – in the House of Commons. TheyWorkForYou (Report).
- ^ "Executives". Home Office. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ May, Theresa (2 December 2013). Written statement to Parliament (Report). UK Parliament. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "About us". National Fraud Authority. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2017.