§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
In the past five years, how many payments have been made to local authorities by central government to encourage them to initiate fraud proceedings against benefit recipients; how much those payments were in each case; and what are the total payments to each local authority. [HL1256]
§ Baroness Hollis of HeighamThe available information has been placed in the Library. Data are not available prior to 2001–02.