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<p /> <p>The table below represents the number of prosecutions for benefit fraud since
2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
prosecuted for benefit fraud</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>8,198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>9,961</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012*</p></td><td><p>not
available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>9,836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>9244</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>*</strong>
Following a merger of DWP Prosecution Division (PD)with the Crown Prosecution Service
(CPS) in April 2012, the prosecution data for benefit fraud offences 2011/2012 was
not gathered and the information from PD is no longer available in that format. The
data available from DWP sources is not reliable in the context of this request.</p>
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