§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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. [27979]
§ Mr. HuttonThe figures requested are in the table.
Year £ (a) Department 1997–98 61,415.25 1998–99 66,897.29 1999–2000 48,148.81 2000–01 56,831.99 (b) Agencies 1997–98 1,461 1998–99 Nil 1999–2000 3,493 2000–01 Nil (c) Non-departmental public bodies 1997–98 10,458 1998–99 6,903 1999–2000 2,739 2000–01 6,582 The Department now has a Directorate of Counter Fraud Services staffed by professionally trained and accredited counter fraud specialists.