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