§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of fraud have been reported in(a) Government Departments and (b) non-departmental public bodies; and what has been their value in each of the last five years.
§ Sir George YoungThe data are submitted by Departments in line with the requirements of 37.1.4 of Government accounting and cover frauds and suspected frauds committed by departmental and agency staff, including cases where staff have colluded with outsiders. The data include NDPB staff frauds where these have been reported by Departments. However, complete data on frauds in NDPBs are not held centrally.
The values are not a completely accurate indicator of actual losses resulting from fraud since in some cases the amounts involved are estimates, and in others, some or all of the sums have been recovered.
576WThe number and value of fraud cases within Departments, agencies and NDPBs reported to the Treasury in the last five years are:
Year Number of cases Total value £ 1989–90 221 1,496,700 1990–91 196 2,302,900 1991–92 287 1,536,900 1992–93 302 2,108,900 1993–94 352 1,688,500