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Written question asked by Baroness Hoey (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 May 1996. It was answered by Oliver Heald (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 May 1996 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.


Dept of Social Security

Question
What estimate he has made of the annual amount of money lost through fraud in child benefit payments; and how many successful prosecutions there have been in the last year relating to child benefit fraud. - No figs given.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
278 c177W; 30311;30312
Session
1995-96
Subjects
Child benefit Abuse Fraud Prosecutions Social security
Contains statistics
Yes