HC Deb 25 June 1973 vol 858 cc270-3W
Mr. Lambie

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the long-term plans of his Department in regard to office accommodation for the Department of Health and Social Security for each of the separate regions of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Channon

My Department's long-term plans for office accommodation for the Department of Health and Social Security are for the provision of a network of 371 integrated local offices in England and Wales and 55 in Scotland.

The locations currently involved group by Department of Health and Social Security regions are set out in the table below.

Over half of these have already been provided and the remainder are either in course of provision or future planning.

In addition, where deemed necessary by the Department of Health and Social Security, a network of supporting public caller offices is being provided.

DHSS Region: London North Barking, Barnet, Basildon, Bedford, Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton, Colchester, East Ham/Plaistow, Edgware, Enfield, Finsbury Park, Grays, Hackney, Harlow, Havering, Hemel Hempstead, Hendon, Hertford, Hoxton, Ilford, Kentish Town, Leytonstone, Luton, Manor Park, Poplar, St. Albans, Southend on Sea, Stepney, Stevenage, Stoke Newington, Thames North, Tottenham, Walthamstow, Wood Green, Watford.

DHSS Region: London South Ashford, Balham, Battersea, Bexley, Bognor Regis, Brighton, Streatham, Bromley, Canterbury, Chatham, Crawley, Croydon, Norwood Junction/Crystal Palace, Dartford, Dover, Dulwich, Eastbourne, Eltham, Epsom, Folkestone, Gravesend, Greenwich, Guildford, Hastings, Hove, Kingston, Lewes, Lewisham, Maidstone, Orpington, Peckham, Redhill, Sitting-bourne, Southwark North, Kennington Park, Brixton, Sutton, Thanet, Tunbridge Wells, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Woolwich, Worthing, Woking.

DHSS Region: London West Acton, Aldershot, Aylesbury, Banbury, Bracknell, Basingstoke, Bayswater, Bournemouth, Brent, Chelsea, Ealing, Fareham, Harrow, Havant, High Wycombe, Hounslow, Kensington, Cricklewood, Euston, London Central, London City, London Legal Aid, London West End, Milton Keynes/Bletchley, Newbury, Newport IoW, Oxford, Paddington, Portsmouth, Reading, Richmond, Slough, Southall, Southampton, Uxbridge, Westminster, Winchester.

DHSS Region: East Midlands and East Anglia Boston, Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge, Chesterfield A, Chesterfield B, Corby, Derby East, Derby West, Grantham, Great Yarmouth, Ilkeston, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Leicester East, Leicester South, Leicester West. Leicester North, Lincoln, Loughborough, Lowestoft, Mansfield, Northampton, Norwich North, Nottingham (4 offices), Peterborough, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Worksop, Wellingborough.

DHSS Region: South Western Barnstaple, Bath, Bridgwater, Bristol South, Bristol East, Bristol Central, Bristol (Horfield), Cheltenham, Devonport, Exeter. Gloucester, Penzance, Plymouth, Poole, St. Austell, Salisbury, Stroud, Swindon, Taunton, Torquay, Trowbridge, Truro, Weston-super-Mare, Weymouth, Yeovil.

DHSS Region: Wales Aberdare, Abertillery, Aberystwyth, Ammanford, Barry, Bargoed, Blackwood, Brecon, Bridgend, Caernarvon, Caerphilly, Cardiff (three offices), Cardigan, Carmarthen, Dolgellau, Ebbw Vale, Haverfordwest, Holyhead, Llanelli, Llantrisant, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath, Newport, Newtown, Pontypool, Pontypridd, Porth, Port Talbot, Portmadoc, Rhondda West, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Morriston, Swansea Central, Wrexham, Flint.

DHSS: West Midlands Birmingham (Erdington), Birmingham (Lady-wood), Birmingham (Handsworth), Birmingham (Ravenhurst), Birmingham (Northfield), Birmingham (South Yardley). Birmingham (Spark-hill), Birmingham (Washwood), Burton-on-Trent, Coventry (2 Offices), Dudley, Stoke-on-Trent North, Hereford, Kidderminster, Leamington, Lichfield, Cannock, Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle, Nuneaton, Redditch, Rugby, Shrewsbury, Smethwick, Solihull, Stafford, Walsall, Telford, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Worcester.

DHSS Region: Yorkshire and Humberside Barnsley West, Barnsley East, Bradford East, Bradford West, Birdlington, Castleford, Pontefract, Dewsbury, Doncaster East, Doncaster Central, Goole, Grimsby, Halifax, Harrogate, Hemsworth, Huddersfield, Hull (2 Offices), Keighley, Leeds (North, West, South, East), Mexborough, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Sheffield (4 Offices), Skipton, Wakefield, York.

DHSS Region: Northern Ashington, Berwick, Bishop Auckland, Blyth, Carlisle, Chester-le-Street, Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Hexham. Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Kendal, Middlesbrough, Eston, Newcastle (3 Offices), Northallerton, North Shields, Penrith, Peterlee, Redcar, Scarborough, Seaham, South Shields, Stanley, Stockton, Sunderland North, Sunderland South, Wallsend, Whitehaven, Workington.

DHSS Region: North Western (Manchester) Accrington, Ashton-under-Lyne, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Failsworth, Farnworth, Hyde, Leigh, Macclesfield, Manchester Cheetham Hill, Manchester Chorlton, Manchester Longsight, Manchester Central, Manchester Openshaw, Manchester Rusholme, Manchester Wythenshawe, Middleton, Oldham, Rawtenstall, Rochdale, Sale, Buxton, Wilmslow, Salford North, Salford South, Stockport.

DHSS Region: North Western (Merseyside) Barrow, Birkenhead North, Birkenhead South, Blackpool North, Blackpool South, Chester, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Kirkby, Lan caster, Liverpool Belle Vale, Liverpool Bootle, Liverpool Breck Road, Liverpool City, Liverpool Crosby, Liverpool Garston, Liverpool Halewood, Liverpool Huyton, Liverpool Norris Green, Liverpool Park Road, Liverpool Wavertree, Liverpool West Derby, Northwich, Preston North, Preston South, St. Helens, Southport, Wallasey, Warrington, Winsford, Skelmersdale, Widnes, Wigan.

DHSS Region: Scotland Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Airdrie, Arbroath, Ayr, Bathgate, Campbeltown, Clydebank, Coatbridge, Cowdenbeath, Dunbarton, Dumfries, Dundee East, Dundee West, Dunfermline. Edinburgh (City North, South, West), Elgin, Falkirk, Fort William, Galashiels, Glasgow (City, Partick, Maryhill, Springburn, Provan, Parkhead, Rutherglen, Bridgeton, Queens Park, Pollokshaws, Kinning Park), Greenock, Hamilton, Inverness, Irvine, Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Motherwell, Oban, Paisley, Perth, Peterhead. Port Glasgow, Stirling. Stornoway, Stranraer, Wick, Wishaw, Cumbernauld.