Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases Fraud Defence opened in each year from 2019 to 2023 as of 23 November 2023.
Fraud Defence is the central team leading the Counter Fraud Function within Defence and operates an independent investigation team. Below are the number of new cases opened by the Fraud Defence investigation team by year.
Year | New cases opened |
2019 | 21 |
2020 | 9 |
2021 | 15 |
2022 | 20 |
2023 | 7 |