HC Deb 04 July 1984 vol 63 c203W
Mr. Frank Field

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the latest available information on (a) the numbers of claimants losing right to benefit, broken down into the following categories of reason: (i) left employment without just cause, (ii) refused suitable employment without just cause, (iii) failure to maintain, (iv) cohabitation, (v) fictitious desertion and (vi) any other reason, (b) the numbers of claimants prosecuted (i) for fraud in contributory benefit cases, (ii) for fraud in supplementary benefit cases and (iii) for failure to maintain and (c) the numbers of staff employed in fraud work (i) in total and (ii) broken down into (1) unemployment review officers, (2) local office fraud officers, (3) special investigators and (4) specialist claims control.

Dr. Boyson

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.