Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter sent to the Rt hon. Member for Garston and Halewood on 27 February, reference 3427, if he will provide a breakdown of the type of fraud for each year since 2010.
Reports of fraud are recorded on the Defence Confidential Hotline’s Case Management System against pre-determined categories.
The table sets out the categories for the total detected fraud values in my letter of 27 February.
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 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
Civilian Expenses | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Civilian Pay | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
Service Allowances | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Service Expenses | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Service Pay | X | X | X | |||||||||||
Cyber and communication | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
Departmental Income Related | X | X | X | |||||||||||
Exploiting Assets and Information | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
Joint Personnel Administration, Travel & Subsistence and Other Allowances | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
Pay Related | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Payment Processes | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
Pension Fraud | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Personnel Management Related | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Procurement | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Recruiting | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
Theft of Assets | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Other | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |