§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average time taken for decisions on claims at Social Security offices serving the Stretford constituency; and if he will publish comparative figures for each year from 1979.
§ Mr. LyellFigures are not available for the period before the statistical year which ended in April 1984.
Three of the Department's local offices serve the Stretford constituency, Chorlton, Rusholme and Sale, but their boundaries ar not conterminous with the constituency. Details of the average number of days taken to deal with claims to the benefits listed below are as follows:
town of Barnsley. The total numbers of people receiving supplementary benefit from these offices and from Barnsley, West alone, on 10 December 1986 were:
Number Barnsley 19,387 Barnsley, West 8,284 Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.