HC Deb 03 February 1997 vol 289 c497W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many calls have been received by the social security fraud hotline; and what are the estimated resulting savings [12834]

Mr. Heald

Up to the end of December 1996, calls to the national benefit fraud hotline were in the region of 130,000. The estimated fraud savings resulting from calls to the hotline are over £27 million.