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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her estimate is of the cost of theft and fraud to (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997. [191420] Alun Michael: The Department came into existence in June 2001. Information covering earlier periods could only be reconstructed at disproportionate cost. Annual reports, which Treasury prepares on fraud, covering returns from both the former MAFF and DETR, are deposited in the House of Commons Library. Annual returns of fraud submitted by Defra, to HM Treasury for the financial years 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04, show the estimated total cost of theft and fraud to the Department to be as shown in the table: Information on NDPBs could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fraud Theft 2001-02 Core-Defra 61,066 38,678 Agencies -- 226,111 2002-03 Core-Defra 16,749 96,236 Agencies -- -- 2003-04 Core-Defra 20,750 1,000 Agencies 171 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

425 c971W;425 c969-70W; 191420

Session

2003-04

Related items

Ministerial Expenses
Wednesday, 15 June 2005
Written questions
House of Commons

Subjects

Costs Executive agencies Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Fraud Government departments Non-departmental public bodies Theft

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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