Social Security Benefits: Fraud

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were prosecuted for crimes relating to benefit fraud in the London Borough of Havering in each of the last four years. (181693)

Information regarding DWP administered benefits is not available below national and regional level.

The available information regarding local authority administered benefits is in the table.

*Prosecutions due to housing benefit and council tax benefit fraud in the London borough of Havering*
	Number of cases accepted for prosecution	Number of successful prosecutions
2003-04	13	10
2004-05	14	15
2005-06	18	10
2006-07	23	20
Source: Estimates are based on Stats 124 administrative data returns

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were prosecuted for crimes relating to benefit fraud in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years. (182094)

Information regarding DWP administered benefits is not available below national and regional level.

The available information regarding local authority administered benefits is in the table.

*Prosecutions due to housing benefit and council tax benefit* *fraud in the London borough of Bexley*
	Number of cases accepted for prosecution	Number of successful prosecutions
2003-04	24	22
2004-05	31	19
2005-06	23	15
2006-07	31	26
Source: Estimates are based on Stats 124 administrative data returns

Volume 471: debated on Monday 28 January 2008