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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 how many officials worked in the child benefit fraud team in his Department in each region in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available.
Answer

[holding answer 23 April 2012]: HM Revenue and Customs' Benefits and Credits Operations staff that work on child benefit compliance cases are centrally located. The information is set out as follows.

Full-time equivalent staff
2010 33
2011 29
2012 23

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
105003; 543 c1182W
Session
2010-12
Related items
Written Questions: Government Responses
Monday, 30 April 2012
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Child benefit Fraud Staff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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