HC Deb 30 November 1999 vol 340 c92W
Mr. Field

To 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. Rooker

The 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).