§ Mr. Clayasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will produce a table giving a breakdown of reasons for fraud investigation interviews and the percentage of interviews in each category which eventually resulted in the claimant being found to have committed fraud duringin each year since 1978;
224W(2) how many claimants were interviewed for suspected fraud; and what percentage of these were subsequently found to have committed fraud each year from 1978.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Clayasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many fraud officers are employed in his Department; and what this is as a percentage of the total establishment.
§ Mr. WhitneyTwo thousand, six hundred and thirty-one staff were allocated for fraud work in the year ending March 1985 in local and regional offices of the social security organisation of this Department. This represents 4.35 per cent. of the total establishment for these offices.