§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 2 May 2000,Official Report, column 34W, on fraud savings, what are the abbreviated names of the initiatives and projects in full. [121280]
§ Mr. RookerThe full names of the initiatives and projects are now included.
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Initiatives since 1 May 1997 Initiative/Project Cost (£ million) Start date End date Benefits Agency (BA) Area Benefit Review/Quality Support Team Linking and Devolution (AQLAD, ABR/QST) 0.2 April 1999 Continuing Area Benefit Review (ABR) 16.24 September 1997 Continuing Benefits Agency/Child Support Agency Closer Working (BA/CSA) 1.6 1997 Continuing Benefits Agency/Local Authority Liaison (BA/LA liaison) 1.0 1997 Continuing Card Fraud Investigation 0.04 1997 February 1999—Cancellation of the payment by card process Child Benefit Initiatives 2.4 1997 Continuing Closer Working with East of Scotland 0.1 April 1999 Continuing Family Credit London Project (FAMC London project) 0.23 1997 October 1999—Migrated to IR Habitual Residency Test 0.3 July 1999 November 1999—Recommendation for full implementation across the Agency Housing Benefit Matching Service 2.35 1997 April 1999—Now part of BA core Income Support/Jobseeker's Allowance Premiums (ISA/JSA Premiums) 0.04 July 1999 Continuing Jobseeker's Allowance Initiatives (JSA Initiatives) 0.02 April 1999 Fixes implemented New Claims Activity/Target Reviews Central Team costs (NCA/TR central team costs) 2.5 1997 April 1999—Now a core activity New Claims Activity/Target Reviews Training (NCA/TR training) 0.4 1997 April 1999—Now a core activity Operation Rattle (incorrect payments of child benefit when recipient gone abroad) 0.18 1997 Continuing as a Child Benefit initiative Overpayment of Legal Aid 0.22 September 1999 Continuing Potential Debt 0.11 1997 August 1999—Continuing as the Strategic Debt solution Programme Protection Expenditure measurement (PPE measurement) 0.79 1997 April 1999—Contributed to the performance indicators Production of regs 113 by electronic media (death notification to Recovery of Estates section) 0.02 July 1999 Continuing Professionalism in Security 2.88 July 1998 Continuing Programme Expenditure Analysis 0.16 April 1999 Continuing Risk management 1.46 1997 Continuing Referral Management System (RMS) 0.42 1997 31 March 1998—Now part of core Security Assurance Support Team (SAST) 0.10 1997 Continuing Search by Address enhancements 0.13 1997 Continuing Securing Family Credit 1.23 1997 October 1999—Migrated to IR Security Projects Group 0.27 1997 April 1999—Transferred into core MIDAS function Social Fund—of Benefit recovery (recovery of social fund once recipient off benefit) 0.22 August 1999 Continuing Chilterns Secure Payments initiative 0.74 May 1997 Continuing National Fraud database 0.30 June 1999 Continuing National Insurance Contributions Office (NICO) Gateways 0.52 October 1998 March 2000—Migration papers under development Payroll Cleanse 0.82 April 1998 April 2000—Migrated into core Customer Account Security (Operational) 0.85 October 1998 Continuing Construction Industry Scheme 0.36 May 1998 March 2000—Migrated into core National Intelligence Unit 0.51 October 1998 Continuing
Initiatives since 1 May 1997 Initiative/Project Cost (£ million) Start date End date Controlled Risk Self Assessment 0.06 April 1999 March 2000—Now operating Certificate of Conformance Child Support Agency (CSA) Fraud and Security Strategy 1.5 April 1999 Continuing Housing Benefit Management (HBM) Local Authority Verification Framework 34.50 March 1998 Continuing Weekly Benefit savings 0.002 12 January 2000 Continuing Electronic Transfer of Data 0.83 August 1999 Continuing Remote Access Terminals 7.00 August 1998 Continuing Fraud Strategy Directorate (FSD) Local Authority Prosecution Pilot, England and Wales 0.04 November 1998 Continuing (LA prosecution pilot, E&W) Scampion (review of organised fraud) 0.09 February 1999 Continuing National Housing benefit Accuracy Review 2.0 April 1997 October 1998—Findings published by GSS Large Scale Local Review project (Local Authorities) 2.0 April 1997 Continuing