Written question asked by Tom Greatrex (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 April 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 April 2012. It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Monday, 30 April 2012 on behalf of the Treasury.

Child Benefit

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average length of time for a child benefit fraud investigation to be concluded was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to date.

Answer

[holding answer 23 April 2012]: The information is set out in the table.

	Average time taken to conclude a child benefit fraud investigation (weeks)
2010	11
2011	12
2012 to date	12

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 104962; 543 c1182W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Written Questions: Government Responses
Monday, 30 April 2012
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Child benefit Fraud
Contains statistics: Yes
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