HC Deb 17 January 2002 vol 378 c482W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to its budget since 1 May 1997 of fraud; and if she will make a statement. [27307]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The Lord Chanellor's Department incurred the following costs to its budget since 1 May 1997 as a result of fraud:

Financial year £
1997–98 4,838.52
1998–99 59,079.02
1999–2000 11,847.49
2000–01 91,214.39
Total 166,979.42

Figures for the current financial year are not yet available.

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