Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 September 2002. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 19 September 2002 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) investigations, (b) penalties and (c) prosecutions have been instituted since 31st December 2001 in respect of working families tax credit fraud. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) investigations, (b) penalties and (c) prosecutions have been instituted since 31 December 2001 in respect of working families tax credit fraud. [67777] Dawn Primarolo: During the period 1 January 2002 to 30 June 2002, 13,305 investigations have been opened by the issue of the Inland Revenue's Code of Practice on enquiries, 334 penalties determined and 25 prosecutions instituted in respect of Working Families Tax Credit and Disabled Persons Tax Credit.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 67777; 390 c207W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Abuse Criminal investigation Fraud Prosecutions Working families tax credit
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk