§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 17 April,Official Report, column 1037W, what the remit of the NHS counter-fraud service covers; and how many (a) staff and (b) members of the public the counter-fraud service has successfully investigated, and what range of penalties was imposed, in each year since 1998. [59553]
§ Mr. Lammy[holding answer 24 May 2002]: The NHS Counter Fraud Service (NHS CFS) has the strategic, policy and operational remit to tackle fraud and corruption across the National Health Service, wherever it occurs.
Information on successful investigations is shown in the table as follows. The information it contains was current as of 31 March 2002.