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Housing Benefit Fraud

Volume 401: debated on Tuesday 18 March 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish targets for the reduction of housing benefit fraud. [102915]

The Government have set a challenging target to reduce fraud and error in housing benefit for working age people. We are working with local authorities to achieve a 25 per cent. reduction by March 2006.