Written question asked by Frank Cook (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 November 1989. It was answered by Baroness Shephard of Northwold (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 November 1989 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

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Untitled Written question

Question

To give amount of employees NI contributions collected by employers & subsequently not paid to Treasury in 1988, with regional breakdown; what was no of cases of NI evasion or fraud by employers where DSS took civil proceedings against employer & amount of contributions recovered as a result; what was annual cost of crediting NI contributions to employees whose original contributions were defrauded by employer; & what steps are being taken or may be proposed to counter such fraud.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

160 c307-8W

Session

1988-89

Subjects

Costs Civil proceedings Fraud Employees' contributions National insurance contributions

Contains statistics

Yes