HC Deb 24 July 1998 vol 316 c722W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many prosecutions her Department has instigated relating to landlord fraud in the Greater London area in the last 12 months. [51266]

Mr. Field

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

Total number of successful prosecutions for housing benefit/council tax benefit by local authorities in Great Britain and Greater London for 1996–97 and 1997–98
Great Britain 2Greater London
1996–97 610 140
1997–981 1630 1100
1The 1997–98 figures are provisional and are therefore subject to change when more returns are received from Local Authorities
2Greater London comprises the London Boroughs of Barking, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster, and City of London

Note:

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Source:

Department of Social Security, Quarterly Administration forms.