§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when the Camberwell Department of Health and Social Security office at Blenheim grove will have giro writing facilities.
§ Mr. LyellThe Department's office at Blenheim grove will have giro writing facilities as soon as refurbishment there is undertaken. The project has been placed at the top of the region's priority list for work in 1987–88. In the meantime, claimants with particularly urgent needs are handed food vouchers and small sums of cash and sent a subsequent giro payment by post.
§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, what are the most recent figures for the amount of post at the Camberwell office of his Department in Blenheim grove not yet associated with files, outstanding postal claims, single payment claims and other assessment work.
§ Mr. LyellFor the four week period ended 10 February 1987 the figures for Camberwell, Blenheim grove, office were as follows:
Number Unlinked post 5,293 Outstanding claims 650 Cases with single payment claims outstanding 528 Other assessment work outstanding 923 (A separate figure for postal claims outstanding is not available).