§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the expenditure on the advertisement of the Benefit Fraud Hotline has been in each month since May 1997. [73994]
§ Mr. TimmsSince May 1997 there have been two advertising campaigns for the National Benefit Fraud Hotline. The first was in March 1998 at a cost of £225,000 and the second started in October 1998 and is due to be completed at the end of March 1999 at a cost of £290,247.
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§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many calls to the Benefit Fraud Hotline have been recorded in each month since May 1997. [73995]
§ Mr. TimmsThe information is in the table.
Number of calls recorded at the National Benefit Fraud hotline since May 1997 Month/Year Number May 1997 19,272 June 1997 16,272 July 1997 18,808 August 1997 14,755 September 1997 16,236 October 1997 13,202 November 1997 11,770 December 1997 10,829 January 1998 17,206 February 1998 15,780 March 1998 15,345 April 1998 19,007 May 1998 13,149 June 1998 13,692 July 1998 15,512 August 1998 11,104 September 1998 13,694 October 1998 12,805 November 1998 14,285 December 1998 12,160 January 1999 13,925