To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total number of cases of all forms of fraud committed by employees of her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies, for each year from 1991–92 to 1994–95; and for each of these years, what was the total monetary sum (i) misappropriated in such frauds and (ii) subsequently recovered. [39140]
The number of cases of all forms of fraud committed by Department for Education and Employment staff for each year from 1991–92 to 1994–95 and the sums involved and subsequently recovered are as follows:
| Number of cases | Amount involved £ | Amount recovered £ | |
| 1991–92 | |||
| DFEE | 1 | 24,417.92 | 24,417.92 |
| Agencies | 30 | 141,753.97 | 846.58 |
| NDPBs | 1 | 3,7000.00 | Nil |
| 1992–93 | |||
| DFEE | 2 | 1,675.00 | 1,675.00 |
| Agencies | 18 | 12,749.41 | 861.65 |
| NDPBs | 2 | 3,657.00 | Nil |
| 1993–94 | |||
| DFEE | 4 | 204,493.05 | Nil |
| Agencies | 24 | 89,570.79 | 277.54 |
| NDPBs | 6 | 3,588.90 | 642.00 |
| Number of cases | Amount involved £ | Amount recovered £ | |
| 1994–95 | |||
| DFEE | 6 | 8,329.55 | 3,000.00 |
| Agencies | 12 | 78,562.01 | 3,190.81 |
| NDPBs | 3 | 3,727.54 | 556.54 |
Notes:
1. The figures for DFEE have been produced from the annual Treasury returns submitted by the Employment Department and the Department for Education.
2. Where thefts have occurred but no perpetrator identified these cases have been excluded.
3. The figures represent the year in which the frauds were reported to Treasury, not necessarily when they were committed.