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Written question asked by Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 January 1996. It was answered by Oliver Heald (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 January 1996 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.


Dept of Social Security

Question
How many instances his Department has identified in the past 12 months of attempted social security fraud based on impersonation with particular reference to attempts to secure benefits by changing a name and assuming the national insurance number of the other person. - Inc figures for investigations under way.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
9309; 270 c362W;270 c361W
Session
1995-96
Subjects
Abuse Personation Social security
Contains statistics
Yes