Major EVANSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of offences of fraud under the Old Age Pensions Acts reported during 1930; and the number of prosecutions instituted and convictions obtained during the same period?
§ Major ELLIOTAs regards the first pare of the question, I am afraid that the particulars required are not readily available, and the labour and expense of collecting them would not be justified. As regards the second part of the question, the number of prosecutions and the number of convictions in the year 1930 under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908–24, are 10 and 8, respectively.