§ Mr. Ovendenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what action she intends to take to reduce the differential between supplementary benefit scales for single-parent families and two-parent families.
§ Mr. O'MalleyNone. My hon. Friend no doubt has in mind the special addition
518Wfor the Birmingham Area Health Authority in 1974–75 and 1973–74.
§ Dr. OwenInformation about numbers of staff recruited each year is not maintained centrally by the Birmingham Area Health Authority (Teaching), and the cost of collecting it from all the individual establishments authorised to engage staff would be excessive.