§ 34. Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons in Coventry are in receipt of supplementary benefit; and how that figure compares with May 1979.
§ Dr. BoysonDuring February 1984, the latest available period, 38,600 supplementary benefit cases were in action in the Coventry local offices. The comparable figure for May 1978 was 22,100.
§ 35. Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he has any proposals to issue instructions to his Department's local offices on liaison with local housing authorities where recipients of supplementary benefit are living in substandard accommodation.
§ Dr. BoysonWe are arranging for DHSS staff to be reminded that they should draw to the attention of the local authority any establishment they visit where there seems to them, as laymen, to be cause for concern about standards.