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Well I tried it with no socket and success. A fresh socket is now on and fully attached and no tripping. Looks like its solved. Thanks everyone for your help

I'll give what you suggest with taking the socket off a go, and let you know the results. The other side of the wall is the exterior brickwork. I've no reason to suspect there is any cabling that runs inside the wall cavity.

Yes I did have to drill new screw holes. When drilling I didn't make it through to the other side of the breeze block. The screws used were only 35mm which is defiantly less than the depth of the holes.

It is a metal front socket which is replacing an old plastic socket. The old socket was damaged but not causing any problems that I could see, but still wanted replacing. The new socket is one of those very flush types meaning the back of it is quite fat (reason for new backbox). I did sleeve...

I have replaced a backbox as the old one was not deep enough to accommodate a new socket. However it keeps tripping the RCD. With the socket not screwed in with the face plate screws and the earth lead to the backbox disconnected, everything works fine. As soon as an earth connection is made...