§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update the information given to the hon. Member
IRRECOVERABLE OVERPAYMENTS OF BENEFITS RECORDED DURING THE YEAR 1976–77 Total Fraud on the part of the claimant or other person not being a servant of the Department £ £ Family Benefits … … … 415,967 52,518 Unemployment Benefit … … … 2,133,726 432,521 Sickness and Invalidity Benefit … … … 2,137,618 361,396 Maternity Benefit … … … 46,628 6,718 Widow's Benefit … … … 266,274 108,726 Retirement Pension … … … 550,643 50,934 Industrial Injury Benefits … … … 201,836 16,981 Others … … … 169,297 4,682 Supplementary Benefit … … … 8,031,782 2,170,907 TOTAL … … … 13,953,771 3,205,383 It should be noted that these are net losses—that is, gross losses less any amounts which have been repaid—and that details of the sums which were initially found to have been obtained by fraud are not available from central records.