§ Mr. Frank CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the estimated amount of benefit fraud in each year since 1979. [23674]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThe information requested is not available. The benefit savings figures for the fraud detected from 1986–87 are in the table.
Year Benefit Savings £ million 1986–87 1144 1987–88 1196 1988–89 1262 1989–90 1309 1990–91 2341 1991–92 2427 1992–93 2558 1993–94 2654 1 Count by district offices. 2 Count by area fraud sectors after the internal fraud organization changed.