§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the number and percentage of those claimants whose benefits were adjusted as a result of inquiries carried out by specialist claims control teams, who thereafter returned to claiming benefit in full.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many officers there are in Scotland, working either full-time or part-time, as members of specialist claims control teams; and what is his estimate of the annual cost in salaries and expenses of specialist claims control teams in Scotland.
§ Mr. WhitneyDuring the year ended 12 March 1985 16.6 man years were used on specialist claims control in Scotland, at a cost of approximately £295,000.