§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been wrongfully claimed in the social security frauds which have been detected in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how much of this money has been recovered.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in how many cases of social security fraud detected in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years there have been prosecutions of those engaged in the fraudulent practice.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe figure for 1983 is not yet available but in the preceding 5 years the numbers of prosecutions were:
Number 1978 774 1979 1,362 1980 1,040 1981 1,040 1982 1,022
§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of social security fraud have been discovered in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe figure for 1983 is not yet available but in the preceding five years the numbers involved were:
(a) Education and Library Board 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Now Belfast 9 9 9 9 9 8 Western 1 1 1 1 1 1 North-Eastern 13 13 13 13 13 13 South-Eastern 9 9 9 9 9 9 Southern 3 3 3 3 3 3 (b) None