§ Dr. Marekasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) for what periods overtime was worked at the Wrexham local social security office during 1982 and 1983;
(2) for what reason overtime was worked on the last occasion at the Wrexham local social security office;
(3) what is the number of permanent staff in post at the local Wrexham social security office;
(4) what is the authorised staff complement of the Wrexham local social security office.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 26 January 1984, c. 702]: At 1 January 1984 the Wrexham complement was 202 and the number of staff in post was 208. The six staff extra to complement are a deliberate enhancement, partly for normal maintenance of a trained complement and partly for expected additional work.
In 1982 Wrexham worked 586 days overtime and in 1983 566—that is an addition of about 1 per cent. to the permanent staff work effort in each year. Overtime was last worked in December mainly to clear arrears of work on short-term benefit claims.