§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the regionally aggregated monthly figures for office workloads by category of claimant at the most recently available date and at the equivalent periods over the last two years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is given in the following tables. Table 1 shows Income Support/Supplementary Benefit workloads by category of claimant at 30 November 1988 and at equivalent dates in 1987 and 1986. Table 2 shows Contributory Benefit workloads at the same dates.
Any comparison drawn between the 1988 figures provided in this reply and similar information for dates prior to 11 April 1988 should be qualified by the fact that final Supplementary Benefit figures contain possible inaccuracies.
565WNotes:
1. STB=Short Term Benefit.
2. MA = Maternity Allowance.
3. SDA = Severe Disablement Allowance.
4. RP= Retirement Pension.
5. O/S=Outstanding at end of period.
Source: Internal management information returns—l00 per cent. counts. It should be noted that the information for 30 November 1988 is provisional and subject to change.