§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will 474W now give the information for 1976 and for the latest available period in 1977 in the same form as it was provided for 1975 in paragraph 61 of the Ninth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 1976–77, showing the number of special investigators in post and how many frauds were found from how many cases examined.
§ Mr. OrmeThe information is as follows:
Special investigators in post at 31st December Cases investigated during year Cases where fraud found 1976 … 383 29,866 14,877 1977 … 398 29,139* 12,871* * Ten months to 1st November.