§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his statement of 30 January,Official Report, column 197, when the survey of courts and local Department of Social Security offices commissioned by his Department in conjunction with the Lord Chancellor's Department, the Home Office, the Scottish Office and the 578W Lord Advocate's Department, will be completed, and if it will include data on lone parents not in receipt of state benefits.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe maintenance survey of courts and Department of Social Security local offices will be completed in the summer and I can confirm that it will include data on lone parents not in receipt of state benefits. Further information about the survey is given in my answer yesterday to my hon. Friends the Members for Medway (Dame P. Fenner), for Rochford (Dr. Clark), for Bury, South (Mr. Sumberg), for Pembroke (Mr. Bennett) and for Orpington (Mr. Stanbrook).