HC Deb 25 January 1978 vol 942 cc658-9W
Mrs. Chalker

asked 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.

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