HC Deb 10 March 1988 vol 129 cc341-2W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Madden),Official Report, 25 February, column 300, if he will list the local office interview rooms of his Department with protective screens.

Mr. Portillo

In September 1987, the latest date for which information is available, there were 112 private interview rooms containing protective screens within the supplementary benefit caller facilities at 71 local offices. The offices concerned were:

Office Rooms1
London North
Barnet 1
Basildon 2
Colchester 5
Ilford 1
Ipswich 1
Leytonstone 1
Plaistow 1
Thames north 1
Tottenham 3
Norwich (Chantry) 2
Norwich (Mountergate) 3
Southall 2
Uxbridge 1
Scotland
Cowdenbeath 1
Dundee (east) 2
Glasgow (Partick) 4
Glasgow (Springburn) 1
London South
Havant 1
Hounslow 1
Bloomsbury 1
Streatham 3
Thames south 1
Westminster 1
Mitcham 2
Portsmouth 1
Redhill 1
North Eastern
Blyth 1
Bradford (east) 1
Bradford (south) 2
Harrogate 1
Hartlepool 1
Hexham 1
Leeds (east) 7
Newcastle-on-Tyne (east) 1
Newcastle upon Tyne (St. James) 1
Scarborough 1
Sunderland (south) 1
Wales and South Western
Aberdare 1
Barnstaple 1
Office Rooms1
Cardiff (east) 3
Holyhead 1
Llanelli 2
Newtown 1
Swansea 1
Yeovil 1
North Western
Blackpool (north) 1
Burnley 1
Carlisle 2
Leigh 1
Liverpool (Bootle) 1
Liverpool (Toxteth) 2
Liverpool (West Derby) 1
Manchester (Cheetham) 4
Manchester (Failsworth) 2
Rochdale 1
St. Helens 1
Salford (north) 4
Midlands
Birmingham (Handsworth) 1
Birmingham (Ravenhurst) 1
Derby (Becket Street) 2
Dudley (north) 3
Leicester (Lower Hill Street) 1
Leicester (Norton Street) 1
Northampton 2
Nottingham (Shakespeare Street) 1
Redditch 1
Smethwick 1
Stoke-on-Trent (north) 1
Sutton-in-Ashfield 1
Wellingborough 1
Worksop 1
1 Number of private interview rooms with protective screens.