§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number and value of fraud cases within(a) Government Departments, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies reported to the Treasury in each of the last five years. [17644]
§ Mr. JackThe number of value of fraud cases within Departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies reported to the Treasury in the last five years are:
Year Number of cases Total value £ 1991–92 287 1,536,900 1992–93 302 2,108,900 1993–94 352 1,688,500 1994–95 408 2,124,700 1995–96 480 2,848,700 The data are provided by Departments in line with the requirements of chapter 37 of "Government Accounting" and cover frauds and suspected frauds committed by departmental and agency staff, including cases where staff have colluded with outsiders. The data include NDPB staff frauds where these have been reported by departments. However, complete data on frauds in NDPBs are not held centrally, nor are the data held centrally kept in a form which distinguishes between Departments and agencies. Copies of the Treasury's 1995–96 fraud report were placed in the Library of the House at the same time it was circulated to Departments.