HC Deb 20 January 1997 vol 288 c505W
Sir Irvine Patnick

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many calls received by the benefit fraud hotline can be related to the Sheffield area; and if he will make a statement. [10303]

Mr. Heald

The numbers of calls for each individual area are not recorded separately. However, for the Sheffield area, the number of referrals for fraud investigation, generated by calls to the hotline, is 1,169 as at 22 November 1996.