HC Deb 15 December 1972 vol 848 c240W
Mr. Ronald Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the agreement between his Department and the Post Office Corporation for the distribution of information leaflets through the Post Office network and the financial arrangements entered into.

Mr. Dean

There is no agreement specifically for this service which the post Office undertakes for the Department. The Post Office is reimbursed the cost of postage and handling charges.

Mr. Ronald Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of Department of Health and Social Security information leaflets of each category stocked in each post office in Shoreditch and Finsbury, and the frequency of replenishment during the period 1st January 1971 to the latest convenient date.

Mr. Dean

This information is not available because records of leaflet stocks are not kept by individual post offices.

Mr. Ronald Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what action is taken by his Department to ensure that a full stock of information leaflets is always available in post offices and labour exchanges for the use of claimants.

Mr. Dean

Discussions are continuing between my Department and the Post Office with a view to maintaining full stocks of leaflets in post offices. Improvements are to be made in the distribution system. Employment exchanges are supplied with some of the Department's leaflets and maintain stocks themselves.