Benefit Fraud Inspectorate

HC Deb 27 November 2000 vol 357 c430W

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people worked for the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in each of the last three years. [139008]

Mr. Rooker

The Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) was launched in November 1997. The numbers of staff in post, at the end of each financial year since then, are as follows:

Year	Number
1997–98	86
1998–99	133
1999–2000	147