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Written question asked by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) on Monday, 11 December 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 December 2000. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Monday, 18 December 2000 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.


Dept of Social Security

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he plans to publish area benefit reviews every six months.
Answer

Mr. Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he plans to publish area benefit reviews every six months. [142556] Mr. Rooker: The Department will be publishing headline figures on fraud and error in Income Support and Jobseeker's Allowance every six months, to cover October to September and April to March periods. More detailed annual reports covering the financial year will also be published. These will also cover both ABR and QS results in full. The publication of all of these reports will follow National Statistics guidelines and publication will be pre-announced via the Office for National Statistics.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
142556; 360 c78W
Session
2000-01
Subjects
Abuse Fraud Jobseeker's allowance Income support Social security benefits Reviews
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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