HC Deb 29 January 2002 vol 379 cc178-9W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions 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. [27298]

Dr. Whitehead

Losses due to fraud, which includes theft, are as follows.

£
Department Agencies NDPBs Total
1997–98 13,616 15,690 69,690 98,996
1998–99 19,850 13,980 115,970 149,800
1999–2000 22,850 30,291 78,236 131,377
2000–01 43,290 47,780 201,385 292,455
2001–021 4,505 49,210 48,160 101,875
Total 104,111 156,951 513,441 774,503
1 To date

Assets have been valued at cost, net book value or replacement cost depending on the circumstances of the individual case. Recoveries from perpetrators or others, eg insurance claims, have been netted off. Some incidents are still under investigation and final values may change.