HC Deb 30 July 1980 vol 989 c757W
Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is now able to make an estimate of the total amount of money obtained by deception from his Department in each of the last three years.

Mr. Prentice

No. Returns now being collected for the 1980–81 financial year should enable a better estimate of the total size of the fraud and abuse problem to be made in due course.