HC Deb 25 November 2002 vol 395 cc19-20W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will announce the baseline figure for assessing progress in meeting his target of reducing fraud and error in housing benefit by 25 per cent, by 2006, as set out on page 119 of the 2002 Spending Review. [83209]

Malcolm Wicks

The Housing Benefit Review, which is under way, will enable us to establish a baseline level of fraud and error for the financial year 2002–03. The results of this review should be available in autumn 2003.