HC Deb 12 April 1989 vol 150 c574W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the staff-to-claimant ratios for social fund departments in(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Information is not available in the format requested. Details of the staff days spent on social fund activity are, however, recorded monthly. The information available to 28 February 1989 is given in the table.

February 1989
Staff days spent on social fund lncome support load
Scotland 10,839 512,671
Strathclyde 6,884 276,125
Greenock 211 11,394
Port Glasgow 147 4,890