HL Deb 24 February 2005 vol 669 c231WA
Lord Morris of Manchester

asked Her Majesty's Government:

In the past five years, how many payments have been made to local authorities by central government to encourage them to initiate fraud proceedings against benefit recipients; how much those payments were in each case; and what are the total payments to each local authority. [HL1256]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

The available information has been placed in the Library. Data are not available prior to 2001–02.