§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in Scotland in each of the past 10 years have been convicted of crimes related to the claiming of supplementary or unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. John MacKayI regret that the information is not maintained in the form requested. The information that is available is set out in the table.
Persons against whom charges were proved Social Security and Supplementary Benefits Offences Number 1976 583 1977 593 1978 1,108 1979 774 1980 1,518 1981 981 1982 498 1983 317 1984 419 1985 463