HC Deb 22 June 1979 vol 968 c732W
Mr. Michael Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have been successfully convicted of social security fraud since 1 January.

Mr. Prentice

Records are not kept in such a form as to readily identify successful prosecutions for social security fraud since 1 January 1979. However I am able to inform my hon. Friend that, in the statistical year ended 20 February 1979, there were 28,002 prosecutions, of which 27,430 resulted in convictions.