§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applications for attendance allowances have been made; how many have been rejected; and how many have been rejected after appeal.
§ Mr. DeanSince the scheme started in 1971 there have been 290,000 applications
Penalties imposed as percentage of total prosecutions Benefit Fraudulent claims Prosecutions Imprisonment Per cent. Imprisonment (suspended) Per cent. Fine Per cent. Other penalties Per cent. Acquittal Per cent. Supplementary Benefit 14,426 5,891 6 8 65 19 2 Unemployment Benefit 14,444 1,791 3 6 81 8 2 Sickness Benefit 6,177 1,334 3 7 79 10 1 Other Benefits 3,315 248 2 2 74 19 3 These figures relate to wrongful claims for benefit. They do not include frauds
432Wfor attendance allowance of which 107,000 were initially rejected. In about 35,000 rejected cases applications for review have been made and of those decided so far, over 17,000 have been successful whilst the rejection has been maintained in about 16,000 cases.