§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many requests for further information have been received in response to his Department's public information campaign advertisements on acquired immune deficiency syndrome; how many such requests have not been answered; what is the average delay before a request is answered; and if he will estimate the maximum delay in future in answering requests.
§ Mr. HayhoeThere have been approximately 3,000 requests for the Health Education Council leaflet on AIDS. The average length of time taken to deal with these requests is three to four days, and there are none outstanding. It is expected that future requests will be dealt with in a similar time scale. In addition, health education units and other organisations have ordered bulk supplies of the leaflet from the Council totalling 220,000. The time scale for dealing with these requests is normally three weeks, and it is expected that future bulk orders will be dealt with in a similar time scale.