Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 December 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 January 2013. It was answered by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 January 2013 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the level of (a) customer error and (b) fraudulently claimed overpayment was in claims for (i) pensions credit, (ii) jobseeker's allowance and (iii) income support due to the incorrect declaration of (A) full-time earnings, (B) part-time earnings, (C) partner earnings, (D) capital, (E) dependants, (F) income, (G) a partner, (H) identification, (I) address, (J) housing costs, (K) other benefits, (L) college, (M) hospitalisation, (N) maintenance payments, (O) non-dependants, (P) a prison stay and (Q) other reasons in each of the last four years.
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- Answer
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The information will be placed in the Library.
The information is not available in the format requested for categories C, H and N. Such information as is available for category C is included in the tables under categories A and B; category N is included in the tables under category F.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 135112; 556 c329W
- Session
- 2012-13
- Related items
- Subjects
- Fraud Social security benefits
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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- Timestamp
- 2013-11-19 10:24:19 +0000
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