HC Deb 17 February 1986 vol 92 c66W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many prosecutions there have been for benefit fraud in (a) Scotland and (b) Britain in 1985.

Mr. Major

In 1984–85, the last full year for which figures are available, prosecutions for benefit fraud totalled 662 in Scotland and 8,436 in Great Britain.