HC Deb 25 April 1978 vol 948 c545W
50. Mr. Scott-Hopkins

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in the United Kingdom were convicted of national insurance frauds in each of the years between 1969 and 1978.

Mr. Orme

The number of convictions for national insurance benefit frauds and related instrument of payment offences in the specified years is as follows:

1969 2,517
1970 3,141
1971 3,839
1972 4,502
1973 4,059
1974 4,375
1975 4,939
1976 6,448

The figures for 1977 are not yet available.