HC Deb 07 November 1988 vol 140 c100W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether software programmes used to process information on the social fund are now providing accurate data.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Various software errors have been corrected in successive releases. After the release of the version which is currently being tested, it is expected that in general statistical reports will accurately record the present month's figures. However, cumulative year to date figures will continue to be unreliable because of problems in earlier months.

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