HC Deb 19 March 1987 vol 112 c627W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of cases of theft or fraud (a) which were reported to management, (b) which were reported to the police and (c) in which prosecutions took place in the National Health Service in England in each year from 1980 to 1986, inclusive.

Mrs. Currie

The number of cases of theft, fraud and arson and so on reported to the Department was as follows:

Number
1979–80 3,540
1980–81 3,923
1981–82 4,049
1982–83 4,289
1983–84 4,181
1984–85 5,316
1985–86 5,213

We do not collect centrally the other information requested.

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