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Departmental Staff

Volume 264: debated on Thursday 26 October 1995

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of cases of all forms of fraud committed by employees of his (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. [39138]

[holding answer 24 October 1995]: The details of all forms of fraud committed by employees of the Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies are as follows:

Total CasesAmount Misappropriated £Amount Recovered £
1991–92
Department-1171.50171.50
Agencies-NilNilNil
NDPBs-NilNilNil
1992–93
Department-220.80Nil
Agencies-NilNilNil
NDPBs-14,700Nil
1993–94
Department-39,652.45Nil
Agencies-NilNilNil
NDPBs-NilNilNil
1994–95
Department-314,388.1212,869.62
Agencies-150.0050.00
NDPBs-1300.00300.00
1 Not a final figure. Recovery action is being pursued inappropriate cases.