Correction to Commons Written Answer

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord McKenzie of Luton)
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Plaskitt) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

It has been brought to my attention that the reply I gave the honourable Member for Hornsey and Wood Green, Lynne Featherstone, on 5 June 2008 (Official Report, Commons, col. 1094W) contained incorrect information on the number of incidents of benefit fraud reported to the benefit fraud hotline. I apologise for this oversight.

The correct Answer should have been:

Information is not available broken down by benefit type. The available information is in the table.

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|Hotline                               |2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|
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|No of calls received                  |211,054|199,004|211,599|215,924|237,107|
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|Internet Referrals                    |20,780 |32,960 |57,543 |69,866 |78,230 |
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|Total                                 |231,834|231,964|269,142|285,790|315,337|
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|Source: National Benefit Fraud Hotline|       |       |       |       |       |
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