§ Mr. Goodhartasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many fraudulent or wrongful claims for payments out of the social services have been made in Northern Ireland for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Concannon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 17th May 1976; Vol. 911, c. 377], gave the following information:
The number of cases in which legal proceedings have been taken is as follows:
1971 695 1972 665 1973 496 1974 422 1975 539