HC Deb 23 January 2003 vol 398 c490W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases of suspected(a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit fraud have been discovered through a residency check, in each of the last five years. [91979]

Malcolm Wicks

The information requested is not available. Information held centrally on cases of suspected housing benefit or council tax benefit fraud does not identify the means by which the suspected fraud was detected.