§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on his Department's examination of benefit rules to see if they contribute to fraud and error as detailed in section 2.13 of the White Paper, Safeguarding Social Security. [105566]
§ Mr. RookerThe examination of the rule whereby a couple who declare they are living together receive less benefit than 2 people who purport to live separately is still under way.
The other rules are being reviewed as part of wider welfare reform work.