§ 42. Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of fraudulent claiming of sickness and unemployment benefit, respectively, have been detected in each of the last 10 years; what was the total annual sum involved for each of these years for both
SICKNESS BENEFIT Results of prosecutions (3) Year (1) Prosecutions for fraudulent claims completed by the Department within the year (2) Imprisoned Prison Sentence (Suspended) Fined Probation Order Conditional Discharge Absolute Discharge Admonished Acquitted 1961 … 565 50 — 427 24 36 3 15 10 1962 … 723 78 — 539 23 49 3 18 13 1963 … 686 60 — 529 20 40 3 21 13 1964 … 770 74 — 574 36 39 7 27 13 1965 … 723 54 — 547 38 40 3 34 7 1966 … 808 76 — 615 48 31 2 27 9 1967 … 602 42 — 455 33 29 3 34 6 1968 … 762 44 43 560 34 26 4 42 9 1969 … 896 40 65 669 36 33 6 35 12 1970 … 1,042 34 95 775 36 64 5 24 9
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT Results of prosecutions (3) Year (1) Prosecutions for fraudulent claims completed by the Department within the year (2) Imprisoned Prison Sentence (Suspended) Fined Probation Order Conditional Discharge Absolute Discharge Admonished Acquitted 1961 … 313 40 — 226 12 12 2 14 7 1962 … 363 54 — 270 10 14 — 9 6 1963 … 579 58 — 437 18 32 — 23 11 1964 … 527 38 — 430 17 18 2 16 6 1965 … 390 37 — 281 23 21 2 16 10 1966 … 405 38 — 312 15 15 6 11 8 1967 … 516 30 — 412 19 20 1 28 6 1968 … 737 36 72 535 14 32 9 24 15 1969 … 796 24 66 626 15 30 3 23 9 1970 … 1,005 34 60 826 15 39 4 18 9