Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of staff were employed in Fraud Defence on average in each year from 2019 to 2023 as of 23 November 2023.

Fraud Defence is the central function team for Counter Fraud within the Ministry of Defence. In order to meet the counter fraud Functional Standard for Government (GovS013), Fraud Defence staff specialise in different professional disciplines including: fraud risk assessment, analytics, training & awareness, investigations and intelligence. The average FTE employed in Fraud Defence from financial year (FY) 2019-20 to present is: