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Ministry of Defence: Fraud

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Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 22865, tabled on 22 April 2024

Question

Maria Eagle
Labour
Garston and Halewood
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21551 on Ministry of Defence: Fraud, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of cases for each category for each financial year.

Answer

Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative
South West Wiltshire
Commons

Answered on

29 April 2024

This answer is a correction from the original answer.

The number and detected values of fraud listed in the attached table for each financial year represent the categories provided in Question 21551. The total detected fraud values vary slightly from those provided in the letter on 27 February, reference 3427, because the assessed detected value of fraud can change as a case progresses. Since 2010, the information capture requirement has evolved with reporting needs; this is most evident following a review undertaken in 2020.

Original answer

The number and detected values of fraud listed below for each financial year represent the categories provided in Question 21551. The total detected fraud values vary slightly from those provided in the letter on 27 February, reference 3427, because the assessed detected value of fraud can change as a case progresses. Since 2010, the information capture requirement has evolved with reporting needs; this is most evident following a review undertaken in 2020.

Number of cases / detected fraud value (£k)

Fraud Category

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

Civilian Allowances

1/218

1/65

3/39

4/4

2/11

3/3

9/113

11/166

Civilian Expenses

8/12

16/37

14/5

16/12

9/192

123/38

100/25

45/57

242/49

39/20

20/10

28/23

12/70

Civilian Pay

1/2

2/50

1/25

6/112

Service Allowances

1/2

4/287

2/34

4/20

9/144

9/62

12/233

10/79

12/140

22/300

48/984

38/746

Service Expenses

1/160

7/21

23/128

6/10

10/24

10/346

7/26

10/5

8/4

4/7

2/0

4/7

50/34

22/47

Service Pay

1/2

4/50

3/35

Cyber and communication

1/89

1/32

2/193

6/441

Departmental Income Related

1/0

1/89

1/6

Exploiting Assets and Information

2/150

7/10

8/5

5/177

8/543

9/476

11/673

19/572

25/743

Joint Personnel Administration, Travel & Subsistence and Other Allowances

9/8

2/4

4/6

5/5

5/70

5/8

2/2

5/10

13/29

Pay Related

1/50

2/19

26/169

22/159

18/122

42/220

7/97

8/47

9/112

7/100

16/150

18/182

9/105

21/375

Payment Processes

1/21

1/1

1/25

1/7

2/265

2/150

2/177

6/364

7/674

Pension Fraud

6/244

2/151

5/165

18/524

4/222

2/124

4/347

13/267

7/68

11/3,942

13/496

13/1,002

Personnel Management Related

3/21

31/343

17/3

28/10

26/88

19/22

41/13

38/470

24/5,454

26/333

46/846

94/4,315

78/3,638

Procurement

4/0

5/283,105

7/1

3/2

18/2,585

9/20,317

18/45,911

34/55,306

25/140,113

40/127,966

50/212,984

Recruiting

1/89

3/283

2/193

8/772

Theft of Assets

1/4

3/104

54/135

19/92

40/526

16/17

12/3

3/0

23/311

9/19

28/153

29/350

55/389

92/1,380

Other

6/1

5/1

9/20

11/11

16/100

22/403

6/276

4/279

6/274

4/298

8/676

0.24M

0.33M

1.35M

0.43M

284.22M

1.53M

0.68M

2.97M

22.52M

52.97M

57.27M

147.24M

136.13M

223.89M

Total

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