To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much money was claimed in jobseeker's allowance in Scotland in 2002–03, broken down by local authority. [125319]

The number of cases of benefit fraud detected is not available. The number of cases resulting in a successful prosecution, caution or administrative penalty is in the table.

Jobseeker's allowance gross benefit expenditure in Scotland for 2002–03 was £273,597,824.62. This figure is not available broken down by local authority area, but is available by district and local office, and this information has been placed in the Library.