§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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 (i) misappropriated in such frauds and (ii) subsequently recovered. [39135]
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 24 October 1995]: The number, category and value in each of the stated years of frauds committed by employees of my Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies and reported to Treasury via the annual fraud return are as follows:
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- (i) 1991–92: 1 Departmental fraud and 1 Agency fraud to the total value of £6,051.82 of which £5,653.84 was recovered.
- (ii) 1992–93: 1 fraud in a non-departmental public body, valued £255.00 non of which was recovered.
- (iii) 1993–94: 9 Departmental frauds and 1 Agency fraud to the total value of £11,047.40 of which £11,000 was recovered.
- (iv) 1994–95: 9 Departmental frauds and 1 Agency fraud amounting to £39,490.79 of which £5,550 has been recovered to date.
In addition, in 1993–94 there was one fraud in a non-departmental public body, reported to my Department. This amounted to £850.97 all of which was recovered. In 1994–95, three similar frauds amounting to £5,850.00 were reported of which £4,350.00 was recovered.