Speeches

John Stevenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Stevenson on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much compensation was paid by the Land Registry following fraudulent registrations in each year since 2005.

Michael Fallon

Indemnity figures are published in Land Registry’s annual report and accounts and the information for the years requested is collated below:

Financial Year

Indemnity paid due to fraud and forgery (£)*

2005/06

9,834,617.73

2006/07

2,123,496.34

2007/08

3,953,378.02

2008/09

5,074,113.43

2009/10

4,947,650.06

2010/11

7,367,416.18

2011/12

7,190,094.82

2012/13

5,101,916.00

2013/14

7,209,713.53

*Substantive loss plus costs