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Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Friday, 9 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 January 2015. It was answered by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Friday, 16 January 2015 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Social Security Benefits: East of England

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of benefit fraud which was attributable to identity fraud for each benefit in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire,(c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005 for which figures are available.

Answer

As no central record is kept detailing the information the MP is requesting, 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
220272
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Fraud Personation Social security benefits East of England
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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