§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report all special area campaigns mounted by his Department's special claims control in England and Wales and in Scotland during the past 12 months for which figures are available, showing the number of cases investigated, the number of those cases which resulted in recovery of fraudulently claimed benefit, the total sums recovered, and the number of those cases which resulted in prosecutions for offences relating to the intitial reason for the enquiry.
§ Dr. BoysonExercises have been conducted in the following offices in the last 12 months: the number of cases examined is recorded alongside the office.
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Cases Carmarthen 113 Cardiff Central 125 Cwmbran 101 Port Talbot 107 Portmadoc and Dolgellau 87 Ebbw Vale 120 Swansea 87 Rhyl 92 Barry 110 Aberystwyth 98 Caernarfon 84 Llanelli 107 Morriston 116 Merthyr Tydfil 66 Cardiff East 143 Rhondda West 23 Aberdare 66 Barry 60 Anglesey 94 Neath 102 Caerphilly 104 Newtown 90 Clydebank 65 Motherwell 78 Dunfermline 81 Aberdeen North 74 Dundee East 63 Galashiels 64 Glasgow Provan 70 Glasgow Craigton 68 Edinburgh West 60 East Kilbride 58 Glasgow City 72 Leven 81 Leicester Lower Hill Street 92 Nottingham David Lane 98 Redditch 120 Leamington 198 Skegness 99 Corby 101 Ilkeston 95 Telford 237 Kidderminster 90 Burton 113 Kilmarnoek 70 Elgin 83 Stranraer 86 Peterhead 57 Port Glasgow 82 Stirling 79 Edinburgh South 41 Glasgow Parkhead 64 Glasgow Springburn 75 Perth 59 Ayr 95 Inverness 80 Fylde South 78 Wavertree 210 Kirkby 220 Skelmersdale 155 Northwich 96 Ellesmere Port 145 Oldham 338 Middleton 197 Hyde 163 Openshaw 157 Manchester Central 40 Twickenham 172 Crystal Palace 160 Bognor 156 Bloomsbury 103 Dover 207 Hove 102 Aylesbury 117 Grays 132 Wood Green 90 Harlesden 118
Cases Plaistow 126 Peterborough 127 Hackney 85 Cambridge 104 Tottenham 84 Great Yarmouth 93 Poplar 77 Colchester 114 Kings Lynn 95 Lowestoft 83 Ipswich 83 Shoreditch 52 Chelmsford 96 St. Albans 83 Ealing 104 Hartlepool 132 Eston 156 Sunderland North 140 Bradford East 87 Newcastle West 106 Harrogate 115 South Shields 117 Walsall West 171 Coventry West 188 Birmingham Ravenshurst 18 Nottingham Station Street 114 Derby London Road 137 Birmingham Perry Barr 97 Wolverhampton North 91 Wolverhampton South 138 Preston South 210 Fylde North 210 Cheetham 167 Wallsend 88 Berwick 47 Hexham 84 Northallerton 165 Newcastle East 146 Bishop Auckland 118 Bridlington 178 Huddersfield 118 Leeds North 96 Sheffield North West 181 Leeds North West 123 Sheffield North East 131 Scarborough 155 Chester le Street 111 York 142 Houghton le Spring 57 Seaham 42 On average benefit was adjusted in 40 per cent. of the cases examined. Statistics relating to the recovery of overpayments and the number of prosecutions resulting from specialist claims control exercises are not maintained centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.