§ 24. Dr. StoateTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his targets are for the reduction of benefit fraud. [81293]
§ Malcolm WicksWe have recently announced a target of a 25 per cent, reduction in fraud and error in Housing Benefit for working age customers by 2006. This is in addition to the targets we have already set to reduce fraud and error in Income Support and Jobseeker's Allowance for working age customers, which aim for a 33 per cent, reduction by 2004 and a 50 per cent, reduction by 2006. Latest figures show that we are on course to achieve more than double our March 2002 target of a 10 per cent, reduction.