HC Deb 01 February 1972 vol 830 c74W
Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have been convicted during the years 1960 to 1970 for making false sickness benefit claims.

Mr. Dean

The number of convictions following prosecution for making false claims to sickness benefit is in each of the years 1960–70 as follows:

Year Convictions
1960 510
1961 555
1962 710
1963 673
1964 757
1965 716
1966 799
1967 596
1968 753
1969 884
1970 1,033