§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total budget for(a) benefit take-up campaigns and (b) benefit fraud detection in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. HagueThe total amount spent on take up campaigns in the 1993–94 financial year was approximately £5.2 million.
The total amount spent on fraud detection in the 1992–93 financial year was approximately £72 million. Figures for 1993–94 are not yet available.