§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 28 February,Official Report, column 515, if he will give a breakdown of the figure for fraud in the financial year 1993–94.
§ Mr. SoamesThe breakdown of non-procurement fraud in my Department in financial year 1993–94 was as follows:
£ Fraudulent encashment of payable instrument 2,000 Travel and subsistence 17,000 Misappropriation of cash 107,000 Instrument of payment received on false documentation 81,000 Theft of assets 358,000 False claim for hours worked 3,000 Other 3,000
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 28 February,Official Report, column 516, what were the estimated costs of fraud in the five highest value cases specified by his Department.
§ Mr. SoamesThe estimated values of the frauds in question were as follows:
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£ Director of Ammunition (Foxley) 1,500,000 VMS (Ltd.) 150,000 Chellingworth and Singer Ltd. 1.000,000 Gateway Motor Auctions 111,000 CAS Aviation and Marine International 650,000 These figures do not, however, necessarily represent a quantifiable cash loss to the Department.