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date	22/04/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to reduce the cost of fraud in his Department in the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	22928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office reported no cases of fraud or amounts lost due to fraud or error in any of the last three financial years. This is disclosed as part of the Annual Report and Accounts available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is determined to uncover fraud in the public sector and is proud of its record. As part of this, the Government established the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA).</p><p> </p><p>In 22/23, the PSFA set a target of delivering £180m of savings to the taxpayer. In fact, the PSFA far surpassed this within the first 12 months by preventing and recovering £311 million. As it enters its second year, the PSFA has a target of achieving £185 million of savings for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also announced an additional £34 million to deploy cutting-edge tools and Artificial Intelligence tools to help combat fraud across the public sector, saving £100 million for the public purse. This is in addition to existing partnerships between PSFA and the tech sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office has also recently launched a counter Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy and Response Plan.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 26/04/2024 09:49:06 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1695001

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the destinations were of domestic overnight visits undertaken by Ministers within their Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to UIN 17536 on 13 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 14/03/2024 10:54:17 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1694544

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many domestic overnight visits were undertaken by Ministers within his Department in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to the public purse was of these visits.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes on GOV.UK details of the cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs (visas, accommodation, meals). But as has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 13/03/2024 11:27:02 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1694139

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Fraud and Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office reported no cases of fraud or amounts lost due to fraud or error in any of the last three financial years. This is disclosed as part of the Annual Report and Accounts available on GOV.UK.</p><p>The PSFA produces a Fraud Landscape Report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022</a>.</p><p>This provides data on fraud and error detection, loss and recoveries in central government, outside of the tax and welfare system. (The 2020/21 Report was published in March 2023).</p><p>The Government is proud of its record in proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud. We have established the dedicated Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). In its first year, it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 12/03/2024 14:25:47 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith