On this page you can view the Authority’s financial reports including expenditure, accounts, the annual pay policy statement and audit information.
Statement of Accounts for previous years are located here
Medium Term Financial Strategy 2025/26-2027/28 and Council Tax Setting (PDF)
The Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) integrates the Authority’s financial plans and the Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP).
Treasury Management Strategy 2026/27 (PDF)
This report outlines the Authority’s Treasury Management Strategy for 2026/2027.
Payments to Suppliers over £500
The Authority is required to publish details of all payments made to suppliers where a specific contract is over the value of £500.
Details of counter fraud work and associated staffing – nil return 2025/26
Local Government Transparency Code – Fraud National Fraud Initiative
Cleveland Fire Authority is required by law to protect the public funds it administers. We may share information provided to us with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds to prevent and detect fraud. The Public Sector Fraud Authority (including the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) is now part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Data matching involves comparing computer records held by one body against other computer records held by the same or another body to see how far they match.
This is usually personal information. Computerised data matching allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be identified.
Where a match is found it may indicate that there is an inconsistency which requires further investigation.
No assumption can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or other explanation until an investigation is carried out. We participate in the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), a data matching exercise operated by the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA), which helps to prevent and detect fraud. More information about the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) can be found here.
As part of each exercise, we are required to provide specified datasets to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for matching. The processing of data by the DWP in a data matching exercise is carried out under statutory powers contained in Part 6 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014.
It does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under UK data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). Data matching carried out by the DWP as part of the National Fraud Initiative is subject to the Code of Data Matching Practice, which sets out how data must be used, protected and managed.
Further information about the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) is available here. For further information on data matching at this authority contact communications@clevelandfire.gov.uk
