HC Deb 14 March 2000 vol 346 c150W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the margin of error of the statistics being used to measure(a) Jobseeker's Allowance, (b) Income Support and (c) Income Support and Jobseeker's Allowance for his Department's Public Service Agreement. [114671]

Angela Eagle

There is 95 per cent. confidence that the true figure for fraud and error for Jobseeker's Allowance and Income Support individually is within 8 per cent. of the estimate.

There is 95 per cent. confidence that the true figure for fraud and error in Income Support and Jobseeker's Allowance combined in the Public Service Agreement are within 5 per cent. of the estimate.

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