Benefit Fraud (Hansard, 5 March 2003)

HC Deb 05 March 2003 vol 400 c1115W 1115W

§ Mr. Heald
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many successful home visits to claimants were made by local authority benefit fraud officers in each of the last three years. [86992]

§ Malcolm Wicks
Over the last three years, we estimate Local Authorities made around 170,000 visits every year.
The estimate does not include returns from all Local Authorities.