§ Mr. MartlewTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when the results of the staffing review for his Department's benefit offices in the north-west will be announced.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe results of the staffing review were announced in the north-west during the week of 21 November 1988.
§ Sir Peter BlakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what new areas of work have been introduced in the last two years by his Department at their offices at Norcross and Warbreck hill, Blackpool; and to what extent the newly introduced work is at different grades compared with work previously done at these locations.
§ Mr. Peter LloydNo new areas of work have been introduced in the last two years at the Department's Norcross site. At Warbreck hill the new family credit branch has absorbed the staff of the family income supplement unit, which it replaced. In order to accommodate the additional staff required for family credit, some work had to be moved to Newcastle Central office. The net result has been an increase of 123 posts at Warbreck hill.
The grading of administrative and executive staff employed on family credit work is broadly the same as for staff previously employed on family income supplement, with the temporary addition of management resources to oversee the introduction and early development of the new scheme.