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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies (i) were disciplined, (ii) resigned and (iii) were dismissed after suspicions of fraud or corruption arose in 2000-01. [54719] Malcolm Wicks: The Department treats very seriously any suspicions of fraud or corruption by its officers and takes firm action in any cases that arise. No instances of corruption were identified in 2000-01. Information on cases where misconduct as a consequence of fraud was identified in 2000-01 is in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of cases Benefits Agency 65 Departmental directorates 10 War Pensions Agency 2 Child Support Agency 5 The Appeals Service 0 Employment Service 26 Total 108 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: DWP was only formed in 2001-02 and the Employment Service was formerly part of the Department for Education and Employment. Information on the outcomes of cases in 2000-01 is in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Disciplinary penalty Dismissed Resigned Other{ 1} Benefits Agency 31 14 9 11 Departmental directorates 9 0 0 1 War Pensions Agency 0 0 1 1 Child Support Agency 0 0 2 3 The Appeals Service 0 0 0 0 Employment Service 19 5 2 0 Total 59 19 14 16 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Including cases not proven, not culpable, not yet decided, those where no further action has been taken and those where an appeal is ongoing.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

54719; 386 c295-6W;386 c295W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Disciplinary proceedings Corruption Department for Work and Pensions Fraud Dismissal Misconduct Staff Resignations

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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