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Written Question
Government Departments: Marketing
Monday 14th September 2015

Asked by: Lord Strasburger (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times this year the Department for Work and Pensions has published invented quotes and stock images purporting to be from and of real benefits claimants; and to what extent other government departments engage in similar practices.

Answered by Lord Freud

This information is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.


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