§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate his Department has made of the cost to its budget in each of the last five years in relation to non-procurement fraud; and if he will make a statement. [126686]
§ Dr. MoonieThe reported estimated annual costs of non-procurement fraud for the financial years 1995–96 to 1999–2000 inclusive are as follows:
£ 1995–96 217,000 1996–97 234,000 1997–98 98,000 1998–99 570,000 1999–2000 99,000 No abatement is made for subsequent recoveries. These figures relate to a combination of suspected and proven frauds with estimated values refined from time to time as investigations, sometimes lasting a year or more, reach a conclusion.