§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Social Services in what percentage of cases involving fraud of social security benefits which resulted in conviction the convicted person was not required to pay back the full amount of money that that person had defrauded.
§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases there were in each of the last five years for which figures are available, in which his Department successfully brought prosecutions in respect of benefits obtained by fraudulent means, what was the total amount involved in the actual charges brought; what additional amount was recovered by subsequent court proceedings or other means; and what was the balance outstanding and not recovered.
§ Mr. OrmeThe number of successful prosecutions in respect of benefit fraud brought by my Department—including some brought by the Police on the Department's behalf—is as follows:
1972 … … … 12,025 1973 … … … 11,673 1974 … … … 13,473 1975 … … … 15,006 1976 … … … 18,711 Central records are not kept of the sums involved or of the amounts subsequently recovered.