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Public Accounts - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report] Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 2 June 2008. Oral evidence Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts on Monday 4 February 2008 Members present: Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair Keith Hill Mr Richard Bacon Mr Austin Mitchell Angela Browning Dr John Pugh Mr Ian Davidson Geraldine Smith Mr Philip Dunne Mr Don Touhig Nigel Griffiths Phil Wilson CONTENTS Mr Tim Burr, Comptroller and Auditor General, and Mr Jeremy Lonsdale, Director, National Audit Office, were in attendance and gave oral evidence. Mr Marius Gallaher, Alternate Treasury Officer of Accounts, was in attendance. REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL Progress in Tackling Benefit Fraud (HC 102) Witnesses: Sir Leigh Lewis, KCB, Permanent Secretary, Ms Shirley Trundle, Director, Benefit Strategy Directorate, Work Welfare and Equality Group, Department for Work and Pensions; Mr Neil Couling, Director, Benefits and Fraud, Jobcentre Plus, gave evidence. Question Numbers: 1-19 20-39 40-59 60-79 80-99 100-119 120-139 140-146 Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department for Work and Pensions Letter from Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions to Committee Chairman

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