§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many fraud investigators his Department employs; and what is his estimate of the amount of public money they saved in 1985.
§ Mr. Major[pursuant to his reply, 27 January 1986, c. 399]: In the financial year 1984–85, the latest period for which information is available, the equivalent of 2,195 staff were employed full-time on fraud investigation and benefit saving was estimated to be £103 million.