Reported During Previous Years  33. Accidents to Government Motor Vehicles – (Statement No. 22) Table C– Losses through Motor Vehicle Accidents  Reported During the Year Under Review  Reported in Previous Years  As at 31 March 2018 the outstanding balance of losses of stores  reported during previous years was P801 079 from the original loss  amount of P1 235 660. Out of that amount P122 475 (10%) was  recovered while P312 107 (25%) was written off to-date. The indication  is that there is proportionately more lost to the public revenue through  write-offs than recovered under these accounts.  In the year under review, 163 cases of accidents to Government motor  vehicles, out of a fleet of 12 368, representing 1.3%, were reported, with  a damage cost of P3 308 118. Out of this number, 37 cases with a  damage cost of P686 216 were attributed to third party motorists and  were recoverable from them. While this is so, no actual recoveries  were recorded as having been received through the Attorney General. I am therefore not aware whether these recoveries had been  made or not.  I have in the past repeatedly expressed concern that the failure to  include this information in the Annual Statements of Accounts denies  the Honourable Members of the National Assembly the opportunity to  appreciate the extent to which the losses from this source are abated  by the recoveries from third party motorists who have caused the  accidents to Government motor vehicles. This continues to be a  matter for concern.  The accidents to Government motor vehicles reported during previous  years totalled P13 741 606, out of which P1 643 390 was attributable to  and recoverable from third parties, while P2 801 673 was charged to  public funds. The amount surcharged to drivers was P2 293 488.  In his written submission to the Public Accounts Committee, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development  concurred with my contention that the processing and finalization of  accidents cases was slow as many of them were very old dating back  to 2010, most of the cases averaging 4 or 5 years old. He attributed the  tardiness to Accounting Officers who do not enforce the surcharge  provisions of the law as diligently as they should. It is also my view that  29 