§ Mr. John Fraserasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied with the level of staffing and speed of response to public inquiries at his Department's office at Camberwell new road, SE5.
§ Mr. MajorI refer the hon. Member to the reply by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services to my hon. Friend the Member for Nuneaton (Mr. Stevens) on 7 March at column322 in which he gave details of an extra 5,000 posts for local offices in the Department for 1986–87. I am confident that this increase will result in satisfactory staffing levels in individual local offices, including the local office at 6 Camberwell new road, SE5. The office's speed of response to public inquiries has shown a steady and considerable improvement since the beginning of the year.