§ Mr. CLUSEasked the Minister of Pensions the counties of England that are under the administration of the staff in London in respect of local offices, treatment, and administration, as apart from the normal duties carried out by the Ministry headquarters staff?
§ Major TRYONThe work of the local area offices has for some considerable time been under the direct control of the headquarters staff in London. The work of pension awards is still controlled from provincial centres in certain counties, namely, in the case of the counties of Stafford, Shropshire, Hereford, Worcester, Warwick, Northampton, Leicester, Rutland, Huntingdon, Lincoln, Nottingham and Derby, from the centre at Birmingham; in the case of the counties of Westmorland, Lancashire and Cheshire from the centre at Manchester; and in the case of the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham and Yorkshire from the centre at Newcastle. A regional staff is also still maintained in these three centres for the purpose of medical administration, but the bulk of the work connected with clinical treatment and hospital administration is under the direction of the Ministry headquarters staff in London.