§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list his Department's obsolete circulars which have been cancelled, indicating in each case the date it was first issued, whether the circular has been succeeded by another more up to date one, or whether the circumstances to which it applied no longer pertain.
§ Mrs. CurrieI have today placed in the Library a list of the 531 circulars which have been cancelled. The date of issue is apparent in every case from the reference number, except for the HSC(IS) series, which was published in 1974 and 1975. The cancellation of these circulars does not necessarily imply any change in policy, although many of them gave specific time-related guidance which is now out of date. All future circulars will contain a review date on which they will either be reviewed or cancelled. I have also placed in the Library a list of the 398 circulars which are still extant.