Departmental Public Expenditure

Mr. Ruffley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for which losses her Department was granted Treasury approval in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Byrne
All losses incurred by the Home Office during the last five years have been managed by the Department within the scope of authorities delegated by the Treasury. Current thresholds for losses agreed with the Treasury are:

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|                                        |Loss (£)  |
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|Write-offs                              |25,000,000|
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|Bad debts                               |10,000,000|
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|Fraud/theft                             |50,000    |
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|Abandoned/waived claims                 |50,000    |
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|Penalties under the Immigration Act 1987|50,000    |
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The overall level of losses incurred by the Home Office in any one year is reported in its Resource Accounts.