HC Deb 24 October 1995 vol 264 c545W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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. [39132]

Sir John Wheeler

The information is as follows:

Year Number of frauds Sums misappropriated£ Sums recovered£
Departments (including agencies)
1991–92 17 96,892 50,314
1992–93 14 5,323 37,847
1993–94 21 161,676 30,954
1994–95 13 94,846 89,267
Non Departmental Public Bodies
1991–92 5 67,403 13,231
1992–93 3 189,440 6,351
1993–94 2 14,665 21,016
1994–95 9 26,675 16,089