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Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Monday, 25 March 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 May 2002. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 May 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 September 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 September 2001 in respect of working families tax credit fraud. [46898] Dawn Primarolo: In the period from 1 October 2001 to 31 March 2002 there have been (a) in the region of 11,000 investigations opened, (b) 310 penalties applied, and (c) 26 prosecutions instigated.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
46898; 384 c879W;384 c878W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Abuse Fraud Fixed penalties Prosecutions Working families tax credit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk