Guidance

DfE counter fraud policy, strategy, and response plan

The Department for Education's strategic approach to preventing and detecting fraud, bribery, and corruption and how DfE responds to suspected or confirmed cases.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 25 April 2024
• Last updated: 9 September 2026
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  1. 9 September 2026

     Updated the 'Counter fraud, bribery, and corruption response plan' to add the 'Fraud news and alerts' section.

  2. 12 August 2026

     Added 'Counter fraud, bribery, and corruption response plan'.

  3. 23 January 2026

     Updated to reflect revised counter-fraud strategic aims for 2025 to 2027.

  4. 2 August 2024

     Added 'DfE counter-fraud strategy: 2024 to 2027'.

  5. 25 April 2024

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

DfE counter fraud policy: summary

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DfE counter fraud strategy overview: 2025 to 2027

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Counter fraud, bribery, and corruption response plan

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Details

These documents summarise the main points in the Department for Education’s (DfE) counter fraud policy, strategy, and response plan.

These documents apply to DfE:

• employees
• secondees
• agents
• contractors
• agency workers
• suppliers

They may also be of interest to organisations and individuals who receive DfE funding or are involved in delivering DfE funded programmes.