§ 19. Mr. Tinnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proposals he has to increase the staffing at his Department's offices on Teesside.
§ Mr. LyellAs announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 7 March 1986 a full review of staffing192W levels is currently in progress, together with a review of social security tasks. The results of these two reviews will be taken into account in deciding manpower requirements of the social security organisation after April 1987.
Pending the results of these reviews more than 5,000 additional staff above the number produced by the agreed complementing arrangements have been added for the current year, at a cost of over £100 million. The offices serving the Teesside area have received their share of these additional posts and no further additions are envisaged until the results of the reviews are known.