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Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Thursday, 30 October 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 November 2014. It was answered by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 November 2014 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Social Security Benefits: Fraud

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of benefit fraud committed in respect of each benefit which was attributable to identity fraud in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk, (c) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

The information requested is not readily available. This is because the data is not collated in the format requested. This information could only be provided by examining individual investigation files. This could only be conducted at disproportionate time and cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
212570
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Fraud Personation Social security benefits
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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