§ 50. Mr. Scott-Hopkinsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in the United Kingdom were convicted of national insurance frauds in each of the years between 1969 and 1978.
§ Mr. OrmeThe number of convictions for national insurance benefit frauds and related instrument of payment offences in the specified years is as follows:
1969 2,517 1970 3,141 1971 3,839 1972 4,502 1973 4,059 1974 4,375 1975 4,939 1976 6,448 The figures for 1977 are not yet available.