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Social Security Benefits: Fraud

Answer

Information regarding DWP administered benefits is not available below national and regional level.For housing benefit, information is not available below local authority level as this is the level that housing benefit is administered.The total number of housing benefit related prosecutions accepted for prosecution in the County Of Hertfordshire is as follows:

Prosecutions accepted for Hertfordshire
	Number
2003-04	88
2004-05	111
2005-06	128
2006-07	113
2007-08	65
Notes:
1. There is missing data in 2006-07 for one local authority in Hertfordshire for two quarters only.
2. There is missing data for four local authorities in 2007-08: three quarters data is missing for one local authority (with the largest number of prosecutions in 2006-07 (32)); two quarters missing data for one local authority; and one quarter's data missing for two local authorities.
3. The local authorities that make up Hertfordshire are: Borough of Broxbourne; Dacorum Borough Council; East Herts District Council; Hertsmere Borough Council; North Hertfordshire District Council; St. Albans District Council; Stevenage Borough Council; Three Rivers District Council; Watford Borough Council; and, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council.
Source:
Housing Operational Database (HoBoD) from Stats 124 administrative returns provided by Local Authorities. (URL: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/hobod/index.php)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

483 c2032W; 233844

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Fraud Social security benefits Hertfordshire

Link

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