Fraud

HC Deb 21 January 2002 vol 378 c602W

Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate his Department has made of the cost to its budget since 1 May 1997 of fraud; and if he will make a statement. [27302]

Mr. Blunkett

The estimated costs of losses to the Home Office from reported fraud is summarised in the table.

	£000
Accounting periods	Estimated fraud
1997–98	13
1998–99	84
1999–2000	140
2000–01	90
Total	327