§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many cases of procurement fraud by defence contractors have been discovered in the last year; and what was the value.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonIn the last year a number of possible instances of fraud by defence contractors have been investigated. In five cases the Ministry of Defence police have referred the papers to the appropriate prosecution service. The value of these cases is about £0.5 million.