HC Deb 22 March 2004 vol 419 c635W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff in his Department have been(a) suspended, (b) dismissed, (c) prosecuted and (d) convicted for involvement in benefit fraud in each of the last six years; and what the amounts involved in each of those cases listed were. [154651]

Yvette Cooper

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) was established on 29 May 2002. Since its establishment, no staff in the office, its agencies or Government offices have been(a) suspended, (b) dismissed, (c) prosecuted or (d) convicted for involvement in benefit fraud.