HC Deb 07 February 2002 vol 379 c1127W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people are(a)in custody and (b) on bail following charges connected with the fraudulent misuse of individual learning accounts; [33084]

(2) how many people in each police authority have been (a) arrested and (b) charged for offences relating to fraud concerning the individual learning accounts programme; [33082]

(3)how many arrests have been made since 13 December 2001 concerning individual learning account fraud; [33263]

(4)how many prosecutions have been taken out against people accused of fraud relating to individual learning accounts; [33083]

Beverley Hughes

The information held centrally by my Department on fraud, whether relating to persons held in custody, arrested, or proceeded against, does not allow fraud in connection with individual learning accounts to be distinguished from other types of fraud, as the circumstances of each offence are not collected.