§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecutions were made for benefit fraud in the York and North Yorkshire area in(a) 1997, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001. [28196]
§ Malcolm WicksInformation on the number of prosecutions for fraud in benefits other than housing benefit in the York and North Yorkshire area is not available. Information on prosecutions for housing benefit fraud in the City of York and North Yorkshire is in the tables.
Cases referred for prosecution Successful prosecutions City of York 1996–97 1 0 1998–99 2 2 1999–2000 6 2 2000–01 1— 1— North Yorkshire 1996–97 228 219 1998–99 52 24 1999–2000 51 28 2000–01 236 223 1 Signifies the data are not available. 2 Data are not available for all the North Yorkshire local authorities. For 1996–97 the figures exclude Ryedale local authority, and for 2000–01, the figures exclude Richmondshire local authority and the City of York. Notes:
- 1. The data refer to households, which may be a single person, a couple or a family.
- 2. Figures are taken from local authority management information returns. It is possible that there could be some double counting with Benefits Agency data if there were cases which involved a joint prosecution.