HC Deb 26 March 1981 vol 1 cc404-5W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will List in the Official Report the numbers of (a) DHSS leaflet SB8 and (b) DHSS leaflet SB9 which were distributed in 1980.

Mrs. Chalker

Information on the number of leaflets distributed in 1980 is not available because stock checks were not made in January and December. However, for the November 1979 uprating, 750,000 copies of SB8 and 700,000 Copies of SB9 were printed for distribution to local offices. Later it was decided that, after November 1980, these leaflets should be issued with the written note of assessment of supplementary benefits sent to all claimants when they were told of the result of their claim, or its subsequent revision. There was therefore a need to increase the quantity, and an intitial print order of 5 million copies of each leaflet was placed for the November 1980 edition.