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Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the reply of 19th December 2001, Official Report, columns 323-4W, how many of the working families tax credit applications investigated by the Inland Revenue involved co-operation between the Inland Revenue and (a) the investigative organisations of the Benefits Agency, (b) the...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

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Treasury

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

24 January 2002

Reference

378 c989W; 26473

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the anti-fraud measures introduced by the National Intelligence Unit.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Date

5 July 2000

Reference

128933; 353 c219W;353 c217W

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House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the role of the National Intelligence Unit in tackling benefit fraud in Dorset; what recent discussions he has had with the Benefits Agency about tackling benefit fraud in Dorset.

Asked by

Christopher Fraser (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

8 June 2000

For answer on

15 June 2000

Answered on

15 June 2000

Mr. Fraser: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will make a statement on the role of the National Intelligence Unit in tackling benefit fraud in Dorset; [125724] (2) what recent discussions he has had with the Benefits Agency about tackling benefit fraud in Dorset. [125730] Mr. Rooker: The purpose of the National Intelligence Unit (NIU) is to provide "information for action" or anti-fraud intelligence that facilitates better informed decision making at managerial and operational levels. The NIU is located over five sites and consists primarily of data collection sections and teams of analysts. Once analysed, all intelligence which can be used to help combat benefit fraud is referred to relevant sections of the Benefits Agency. No information is available on the role of the NIU in tackling benefit fraud in specific towns, cities or counties as the unit operates on a national level. Although we have held no recent discussions with the Benefits Agency about tackling benefit fraud specifically in Dorset, national policy on combating fraud applies throughout Great Britain. We set out the strategy for tackling fraud in the White Paper "Safeguarding Social Security" presented to Parliament in March 1999. The four key principles are; getting it right--benefit payments should be correct from day one; keeping it right--ensuring payments are adjusted as circumstances change; putting it right--detecting when payments go wrong and taking prompt action to correct them with appropriate penalties to prevent a recurrence; and making sure our strategy works--by monitoring progress, evaluating the strength of our defences and adjusting them in the light of experience.

Date

15 June 2000

Reference

351 c710-1W; 125724;125730

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what grade of civil servant will head the National Benefits Intelligence Unit; how many years of experience in counter-fraud work the head of the new National Benefits Intelligence Unit is required to have.

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2000

Reference

346 c660-1W;346 c658-9W; 116024;116026

House

House of Commons

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