§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the cost of theft and fraud to(a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in each of the last four years. [27971]
§ Ruth KellyThe information provided was compiled from information supplied to the Treasury for inclusion in the Government fraud reports for the years 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01. These figures do not include some external thefts and fraud but we cannot guarantee that this is the complete picture as there is no requirement for Departments to report details of all external thefts and frauds to us. Departmental returns include details of cases relating to their agencies but our records are not detailed enough to allow us to provide separate figures for departments and agencies. Data relating to NDPB are not collected for inclusion in the fraud report.
Cost of theft and fraud HM Treasury £ 1997–98 15,385 1998–99 20,867 1999–2000 21,630 2000–01 0