The number of staff in the Department for Social Development who were assigned to benefit fraud investigations, broken down by grade, is shown in the following table. Reliable information can be provided only for the current year and the previous two years.
Position at 2005 2006 2007 Grade 7 1 1 1 Deputy Principal 1 1 1 Staff Officer 5 6 6 Executive Officer 1 17 18 20 Social Security Officer 1 105 112 112 Social Security Officer 2 41 41 32 Administrative Assistant 9 13 7 Temporary Administrative Assistant 3 5 3 Typist 2 3 3 Total 184 200 185