HC Deb 25 May 1971 vol 818 c70W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many unemployment review officers have been appointed in each of the Department's regions during each of the last five years.

Sir K. Joseph

The present regional structure was formed in June, 1967. The following table shows the numbers of unemployment review officers in post at 1st July, 1967, and at 1st May each year from 1968 to 1971. In West Midlands Region each supplementary benefits local office undertake the work of unemployment review for its own area and specialist unemployment review officers are not appointed.

Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations, 1968. The list includes only well-defined conditions which in virtually all cases call automatically for continuous medication for long periods.