§ Ms. AbbottTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the staffing allocations for 1988–89, as determined by the agreed complementing system, for his Department's offices in Hackney, Stoke Newington, Shoreditch, Hoxton and Finsbury Park; and what were the comparable staffing levels in 1987–88.
§ Mr. PortilloThe information requested is as follows:
1987–1988 1988–1989 Hackney 210.5 192 Stoke Newington 141.5 129 Shoreditch 95.5 89 Hoxton 163.0 145 Finsbury Park 224.0 208 The reduction in complements results largely from the replacement of supplementary benefit by income support and the fall in numbers of unemployed claimants.