HC Deb 23 May 1980 vol 985 cc455-6W
Mr. Banks

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of different forms on issue to social security offices.

Mrs. Chalker

On average, just over 2,000 forms are available nationally for issue to local offices of the Department, both for internal and external use.

youth treatment centre. Its report, of which a copy is in the Library, concluded that the centre compared favourably with other child care institutions in the quality of care provided and made suggestions, which are now being considered, for remedying some weaknesses. It is too early to make a substantive evaluation of the Glenthorne centre at Birmingham, which has been open for only two years. Of the 79 young people who have passed through the two centres so far about two-thirds are, on the information available, now living in the community.