asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what has been the annual expenditure of the Development Commission in (a) Wales and (b) Powys, Meirionnydd and Ceredigion in each year since 1965;(2) what was the annual expenditure of COSIRA in (
a) Wales and ( b) Powys, Meirionnydd and Ceredigion in each year since 1965.
I have been asked to reply.The figures requested are given in the following table.
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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans she has to extend the social security fraud network; and if she will make a statement.
I would refer the hon. Members to my reply to the hon. Member for Rushcliffe (Mr. Clarke) on 9th December—[Vol. 902, c. 145–7]—last and to my statement during the debate on the Consolidated Fund Bill on 18th December—[Vol. 902, c. 1810–21]—last, when I explained very fully my Department's policy and measures for countering fraud and abuse.
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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people known to her Department were convicted in 1975 of fraudulent claims for unemployment benefit.
The estimated number of prosecutions in 1975 was 1,700, about 98 per cent. of which resulted in conviction.