HC Deb 23 November 2000 vol 357 c319W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list all cases of duplicate payments of benefit in the past year with a value over £1,000,000. [138335]

Mr. Rooker

[holding answer 14 November 2000]: The administration of benefit payments is a matter for Alexis Cleveland the Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. She will write to my right hon. Friend.

Letter from Alexis Cleveland to Mr. Frank Field, dated 22 November 2000The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to respond to your recent Parliamentary Question requesting a list of all cases of duplicate payments of benefit in the past year with a value over £1,000,000. No individual payment of over £lm has been issued. I hope this is helpful.