§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of benefit claims in action, live load, in August 1979 and August 1986 in (a) Glasgow and (b) Glasgow, Central.
§ Mr. LyellGlasgow is covered by 14 of the Department's local offices. Glasgow (Central) is covered by eight of those offices but the boundaries are not conterminous with those of the constituency. The table shows the number of supplementary benefit claims in action—live load—in August 1979 and August 1986 in the offices serving(a) Glasgow and (b) Glasgow Central.
August 1979 August 1986 Glasgow 88,560 151,373 Glasgow Central 54,839 97,127 Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of benefit claims awaiting processing, backlog in August 1979 and August 1986 in (a) Glasgow and (b) Glasgow Central.
§ Mr. LyellFigures for the number of claims awaiting action in local offices are not available for the period before 1983. The numbers of claims for supplementary benefit awaiting action on 30 August 1983 and 26 August 1986 were as follows:
30 August 1983 26 August 1986 Glasgow 1,879 4,069 Glasgow (Central) 1,124 1,121