HC Deb 27 February 1978 vol 945 c2W
Mr. Hordern

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many cases of fraud in claiming benefit were investigated by his Department; and how many were found to be fraudulent in each of the last three years.

Mr. Golding

The information presently available is as follows:—

retained by their employers after the six-week trial period;

(2) if he will list the numbers of disabled workers employed in (a) sheltered workshops administered by local authorities, (b) sheltered workshops administered by voluntary bodies, (c) Remploy factories, (d) industrial enclaves in Wales, Scotland, the South East, the South West, East Anglia, the West Midlands, the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, the North West, the North, and Great Britain in April 1970 and 1976.

Mr. John Grant

I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.