Error Task Force

Mr. Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many staff are employed in the Error Task Force;

(2) what targets have been set for the Error Task Force;

(3) what the total (a) set-up and (b) running costs have been of the Error Task Force;

(4) what the total value is of erroneous benefit payments identified by the Error Task Force.

Mr. Plaskitt
I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond) on 8 November 2006, Official Report, column 1627W.