Fraud

HC Deb 29 January 2002 vol 379 cc178-9W

Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what estimate his Department has made of the cost to its budget since 1 May 1997 of fraud; and if he will make a statement. [27298]

Dr. Whitehead

Losses due to fraud, which includes theft, are as follows.

£
	Department	Agencies	NDPBs	Total
1997–98	13,616	15,690	69,690	98,996
1998–99	19,850	13,980	115,970	149,800
1999–2000	22,850	30,291	78,236	131,377
2000–01	43,290	47,780	201,385	292,455
2001–021	4,505	49,210	48,160	101,875
Total	104,111	156,951	513,441	774,503
1 To date

Assets have been valued at cost, net book value or replacement cost depending on the circumstances of the individual case. Recoveries from perpetrators or others, eg insurance claims, have been netted off. Some incidents are still under investigation and final values may change.