§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services whether each office of his Department has now recruited its quota of social fund officers.
§ Mr. PortilloSocial fund officers are existing departmental staff who have been redeployed from other duties. They form an integral part of the complement of each local office, but no central record is kept of how each manager deploys his available staff resources.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what training has been given to his Department's social fund officers.
§ Mr. PortilloI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Islington, North (Mr. Corbyn) on 15 December 1987 at column483–4.