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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate her Department has made of the cost to its budget since 1 May 1997 of fraud; and if she will make a statement. [27290] Estelle Morris: Cases of fraud and irregularity involving staff and direct contractors are reported annually to the Treasury for inclusion in the Treasury Fraud Report which is laid before Parliament. From 1 April 1997 to date the number of cases reported were as follows: £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Estimated Cost Internal 17 1,694 Direct contractors 4 16,405,635 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The above figures do not include NDPBs or sub-contractors, eg training providers operating under contracts with Training and Enterprise Councils. The number of training providers investigated by the Department from 1 April 1997 to date was 112 and the estimated cost of the fraud/irregularity was £15 million. The above figures represent 0.14 per cent. of the relevant expenditure lines, and 0.05 per cent. of total departmental spend over the last four years.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

27290; 379 c101-2W;379 c101W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Fraud Finance Government departments Department for Education and Skills

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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