§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, for each year since 1945, the number of convictions for national insurance benefit frauds and related instrument of payment offences.
§ Mr. OrmeThe number of convictions for national insurance benefit frauds and related instrument of payment offences is as follows:
1965 1,783 1966 2,079 1967 1,979 1968 2,320 1969 2,517 1970 3,141 1971 3,839 1972 4,502 1973 4,059 1974 4,375 1975 4,939 1976 6,448 1977 8,189 The figures for previous years could be provided—if at all—only by disproportionate effort.