§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much he expects to pay to organisations who have provided information under the terms of the Social Security Fraud Bill in the first year after the Bill is enacted. [157083]
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§ Mr. RookerThe costs to the Department of using the powers to obtain information are detailed in paragraphs 20 to 23 of the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Fraud Bill. The exact amount paid to the information providers will depend upon detailed negotiations after the Bill has received Royal Assent.
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many telephone calls have been made to the National Benefit Fraud Hotline in each month since May 1997. [157075]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is in the table.
Number of calls received by the National Benefit Fraud Hotline [NBFH] Month Number June 1997 16,272 July 1997 18,808 August 1997 14,755 September 1997 16,236 October 1997 13,202 November 1997 11,770 December 1997 10,829 January 1998 17,206 February 1998 15,780 March 1998 15,345 April 1998 19,007 May 1998 13,149 June 1998 13,692 July 1998 15,512 August 1998 11,104 September 1998 13,694 October 1998 12,805 November 1998 14,285 December 1998 12,160 January 1999 13,925 February 1999 13,798 March 1999 16,901 April 1999 11,996 May 1999 11,303 June 1999 13,415 July 1999 10,491 August 1999 10,336 September 1999 12,971 October 1999 9,291 November 1999 14,683 December 1999 10,906 January 2000 14,272 February 2000 19,285 March 2000 23,118 April 2000 12,815 May 2000 21,674 June 2000 18,212 July 2000 17,440 August 2000 20,289 September 2000 15,851 October 2000 13,980 November 2000 15,243 December 2000 9,073 January 2001 17,340 February 2001 18,191 March 2001 28,093