§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list over the period 1999–2000 to 2001–02 the savings that were made on action on contractor fraud broken down by(a) cash recoveries and (b) prevention savings. [45722]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 25 March 2002]: The answer is set out in the tables:
Pharmaceutical contractor fraud outputs——Prevention1 £ December 1998 to March 19992 52,882 April 1999 to March 2000 2,103,119 April 2000 to March 2001 3,189,111 April 2001 to March 2002 3,972,342 Total 9,317,454
Pharmaceutical contractor fraud outputs——Recoveries £ December 1998 to March 2000 32,251,815 April 2000 to March 2001 3,097,676
On Time Late Number Percentage Number Percentage Total 2001–02 (to Feb) 324,006 96.24 12,666 3.76 336,672 2000–01 324,566 96.08 13,233 3.92 337,799 1999–2000 374,413 95.83 16,297 4.17 390,710 1998–99 374,787 94.5 21,646 5.5 396,433 1997–98 n/a 95.3 n/a 4.7 n/a n/a —— not available