Ministry of Defence: Fraud
(asked on 23rd November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to retrieve the £149 million lost through fraud in 2020-21.
This question was answered on 1st December 2023
The £149 million referred to on page 79 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 relates to detected fraud through reports to the Defence Confidential Hotline. All incidents of detected fraud are thoroughly investigated, and where possible and proportionate, recovery action is undertaken, either through the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) or through civil recovery methods.