HC Deb 06 December 1977 vol 940 c654W
Mr. Sproat

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hours of work on suspected social security frauds have been lost since 14th November 1977 because of the overtime ban by the Society of Civil and Public Servants, calculated on the basis of what was the average amount of weekly overtime on suspected fraud worked by local fraud officers and by special investigators, before the overtime ban took effect.

Mr. Orme

This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.