§ 64. Mr. Parkerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of complaints alleging fraud which have been made to the Metropolitan Police and the City Fraud Squad since 1958;the number of prosecutions which have resulted; and the number of convictions in respect of such prosecutions.
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§ Mr. BrookeThere were 814 cases of alleged fraud reported to and investigated by the Metropolitan and City Company Fraud Branch from 1stJanuary, 1959, to 25th November, 1963; 146 of these cases are still under investigation. Prosecutions have been instituted in 333 cases, of which 32 are still before the courts; convictions were obtained in 280 cases.