§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how much it has cost his Department in photocopying and duplicating costs since form A14BL has been out of print.
§ Mr. PortilloForm A14BL went out of stock on 2 March 1988. Reprint and subsequent distribution was completed by 13 July 1988. While out of stock, the total additional cost of printing and photocopying for regional and local offices was approximately £4,300.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the cost of printing form MF36A print run April 1988; and how much it cost to correct.
§ Mr. PortilloThe April 1988 costs of printing form MF36A were £2,340.43. It contained a very obvious single-word printing error which is being put right clerically in local offices at minimal cost.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many new forms were created as a result of the Social Security Act 1986; how many were abolished; and how many had to be amended.
§ Mr. PortilloThe reforms introduced in April 1988, as a result of the Social Security Act 1986, required the358W introduction of 100 new forms for use by local offices including four transitional forms. Some 296 other forms used by local offices were amended and 131 existing forms were abolished. Information on forms introduced, amended, or abolished earlier than April 1986, as a result of the Social Security Act 1986, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.