§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people have called the National Benefit Fraud Hotline in each of the 12 weeks for which he has the most recent data. [100694]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is in the table.
Numbers of people who have called the national benefit fraud hotline in the most recent 12 week period, 30 August-19 November 1999 Week commencing Calls answered 30 August 2,311 6 September 2,902 13 September 2,669 20 September 2,619 27 September 2,470 4 October 2,371 11 October 2,445 18 October 2,336 25 October 2,139 1 November 2,749 8 November 3,060 15 November 4,367 Total 32,438 Note:
On occasion people call the hotline but ring off before the call has been answered. Over the 12 week period, 1,109 calls were lost in this way (3.3 per cent. of all calls made).