HC Deb 12 July 1990 vol 176 c303W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number and location of Department of Social Security offices to close in(a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland under his networking arrangements; when these closures will take place; and if he will present the full details of these changes in the Official Report.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

There are no plans to close any local social security offices in Strathclyde or more generally Scotland. Details about the networking review to which the hon. Member refers were given in a reply to the hon. Member for Rochdale (Sir C. Smith) on 11 July.

Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of Department of Social Security offices to close in(a) Merseyside and (b) north-west England under his networking arrangement; when these closures will occur; and if he will present the full details of the changes in the Official Report.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

There are no plans to close any social security offices in Merseyside or more generally the north-west of England. Details about the networking review to which the hon. Member refers were given in a reply to the hon. Member for Rochdale (Sir C. Smith) on 11 July. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will also be writing to the hon. Member shortly in response to his recent letter on this subject.