Departmental Fraud
Home Department
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Bob Spink (Castle Point, Independent)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employees of his Department have been convicted of an offence related to fraud in each of the last 10 years.
Phil Woolas (Minister of State (the North West), Home Office; Oldham East & Saddleworth, Labour)
holding answer
We are aware of 13 members of staff within Home Office HQ, the UK Border Agency, the Identity and Passport Service and the Criminal Records Bureau, who have been convicted of an offence relating to financial fraud in the last 10 years.
A breakdown by year is as follows:
| Number | |
| 2000 | 0 |
| 2001 | (1)— |
| 2002 | (1)— |
| 2003 | (1)— |
| 2004 | (1)— |
| 2005 | (1)— |
| 2006 | (1)— |
| 2007 | (1)— |
| 2008 | (1)— |
| 2009 (to 22 October) | (1)— |
| (1) Less than five. | |
Where less than five members of staff were convicted in a calendar year further information has been withheld on confidentiality grounds.