§ Mr. Terry Davisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many visits to recipients or claimants of supplementary benefit were undertaken by the staff of each of the 11 county offices of his Department in Birmingham during the most recent four-week period for which the information is available; and how many such visits were outstanding at each office at the end of this period.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested is as follows:
854W
§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many unemployed men and women of ages 20 to 24 years receive unemployment benefit, supplementary benefit and no benefit, respectively.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information is given in the following table:
Visits Undertaken and Outstanding Office Visits made during 4-week period ending 6 July Visits outstanding at the end of the period Bradford 625 297 Edgbaston 1,205 681 Erdington 631 408 Handsworth 1,135 595 Ladywood 664 477 Northfield 776 526 Perry Barr 337 592 Ravenhurst 556 348 South Yardley 973 668 Sparkhill 394 254 Washwood Heath 925 595 8,221 5,441
§ Mr. Terry Davisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report for each of his Department's local offices serving the Birmingham, Stechford, consituency the current numbers of persons employed; and if he will give, where available, the comparable figures for 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested is as follows:
Number of staff at offices dealing with the Birmingham, Stechford constituency Office 1 July 1982 1 July 1981 1 July 1980 1 July 1979 Erdington 163 193 179 191 Washwood Heath 132 159 182 195 The figures for 1 July 1982 reflect the number of staff employed on that date. Comparable information is not available for earlier years and details supplied are of the number of staff allocated to cope with the work loads then current.
§ Mr. Terry Davisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report for each of his Department's local offices serving the Birmingham, Stechford, consituency the current number of non-pensioner and pensioner claimants; and if he will give comparable figures for 1979, 1980 and 1981, where available.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested is as follows: 855W
Number of non-pensioner and pensioner claimants at offices dealing with the Birmingham, Stechford constituency Supplementary benefits Office 6 July 1982 7 July 1981 8 July 1980 10 July 1979 Erdington Non-pensioners 8,836 7,121 4,628 4,557 Pensioners 4,793 6,197 6,422 6,435 Washwood Heath Non-pensioners 8,048 6,061 4,735 4,978 Pensioners 4,840 4,928 5,508 5,700
Contributory benefits Office 6 July 1982 7 July 1981 8 July 1980 10 July 1979 Erdington Non-pensioners 1,317 1,967 2,201 2,432 Pensioners 386 541 1,099 1,383 Washwood Heath Non-pensioners 1,089 1,445 2,154 2,447 Pensioners 332 342 534 640 Figures for supplementary benefits are the number of cases in action on the dates shown. Figures for contributory benefits are the number of claims received in the four-week period ended on the date shown.