HC Deb 24 October 1995 vol 264 c521W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total number of cases of all forms of fraud committed by employees of his(a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for each year from 1991–92 to 1994–95; and for each of these years, what was the total monetary sum (1) misappropriated in such frauds and (2) subsequently recovered. [39130]

Sir Paul Beresford

The information requested is in the table:

Number of frauds Total misappropriated £ Total recovered £
1991–92
Department 7 84,139 57,215
Agencies 0 0 0
NDPBs 6 19,690 2,442
1992–93
Department 7 9,024 7,635
Agencies 0 0 0
NDPBs 9 3,056 1,028
1993–94
Department 5 3,241 3,241
Agencies 1 1,025 0
NDPBs 6 50,230 50,000
1994–95
Department 4 84 84
Agencies 0 0 0
NDPBs 2 397 0