§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total amount of money discovered to have been fraudulently claimed from his Department by benefit claimants in 1991 and the current year to the most recent practicable date.
§ Miss WiddecombeI refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 27 October 1992, at column640. The Benefits Agency's estimated fraud savings for 1991–92 were £427 million. For the first half of 1992–93 the estimated savings were £268 million.