§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the annual amount of benefit fraud in the United Kingdom in each year since 1992. [137129]
§ Mr. RookerThe information requested is not available because there was no robust measurement of the level of benefit fraud before 1995.
We have now instituted a regular series of measurement exercises to provide an up to date estimate of the level of fraud in Income Support and Jobseeker's Allowance. The results of this exercise are published regularly by the Government Statistical Service.