HC Deb 22 January 2003 vol 398 c375W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money has been lost by her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through(a) fraud and (b) theft in each year since 1996–97. [92485]

Mrs. Liddell

The Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999.

The cost of theft to the department in 1999–2000 was estimated at £2,200. Since then, no cases of theft or fraud have been reported to the department.