HC Deb 16 April 1991 vol 189 c135W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many staff are currently employed at Finsbury Park and Highgate DSS offices; how many were employed in March 1990; how much of the work has been transferred to other offices in the past year; and if he will make a statement.

Miss Widdecombe

The numbers of staff employed in Finsbury Park and Highgate offices are as follows:

Finsbury Park Highgate
1 March 1990 191.5 202
1 April 1991 31.5 33

All work which did riot require face-to-face contact with the public has been relocated to the Euston district office and the Glasgow social security centre as was recommended in the Business of Service report, a copy of which is available in the Library.