HC Deb 24 October 1995 vol 264 cc534-5W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what was the total number of cases of all forms of fraud committed by employees of her(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 (i) misappropriated in such frauds and (ii) subsequently recovered. [39133]

Mr. Sproat

The information requested is as follows:

1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Total number of cases of fraud committed by employees of
(a) DNH Nil 1 Nil
Total monetary sum
(i) misappropriated — £31.70 —
(ii) recovered — Nil —
(b) its agencies Nil Nil Nil
(c) its NDPBs 6 6 9
Total monetary sum
(i) misappropriated £202,422 £10,913 £80,759
(ii) recovered £138,637 £6,155 £76,270

The figures for the year 1991–92, prior to the establishment of my department in April 1992, are not available.