§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of prosecutions for illegally drawing unemployment benefit in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976, respectively.
§ Mr. OrmeThe figures available are for offences involving unemployment benefit and include, for example, illegal claims for increases in respect of dependants. They are:
1970 1,005 1971 1,342 1972 1,791 1973 1,505 1974 1,285 1975 1,681 1976 2,376