§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many of his Department's staff in (a) Scotland and (b) the United Kingdom have been allocated to work connected with investigations into social security frauds in each year since 1979.
§ Dr. BoysonThe information requested is as follows:
Year (a) Number of staff allocated in Scotland (b) Number of staff allocated in Great Britain 1979–80 249 1,906 1980–81 280 2,284 1981–82 294 2,235 1982–83 288 2,524 1983–84 247 2,458 Notes:
- 1. (a) is included in (b).
- 2. Staff in social security offices in Northern Ireland are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.