§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the backlog of claims at the Gosford street and Park court offices of his Department in Coventry in January 1986, July 1986 and January 1987, respectively.
§ Mr. Lyell[pursuant to his reply, 17 March 1987]: The table sets out the information requested about outstanding claims to social security benefits at Gosford street.
Benefit 14 January 1986 29 July 1986 13 January 1987 Sickness/Invalidity 204 113 86 Maternity allowance 90 86 60 Severe disablement allowance not known 12 42 Supplementary benefit 396 742 321 Retirement pension 263 250 245 Park court is an unemployment benefit office, rather than a DHSS office, and I understand there are no claims to unemployment benefit outstanding.