National Fraud Initiative

NFI is the UK Government’s anti-fraud programme, assisting local authorities and other public sector organisations in preventing fraud and mistaken payments.

The NFI provides fraud prevention and detection solutions through several easy-to-use and flexible online tools allowing organisation to divert lost funds back into vital front-line services.

The datasets are matched and where anomalies are identified they are investigated to determine if they are fraud or error. The appropriate recovery or over-payment plans are then put in place.

The NFI data syndication program is run by Synectics on behalf of the Cabinet Office. It has helped its members save over £2.4bn since its inception in 1996. Data for the NFI is provided by 1,200 participating organisations from the public and private sectors including local authorities, government departments, private registered providers of social housing (also known as housing associations) and pension schemes.