§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the number of visiting officers employed in each office of his Department in South Yorkshire from 1979 to date.
§ Mr. Peter LloydWe do not collect centrally information on the number of visiting officers employed on visiting work in individual offices. Staffing resources allocated for visiting in the Department's north-eastern region are estimated from available data for the following years.
Number 1983–84 388 1984–85 517 1985–86 444 1986–87 395 1987–88 345 1988–89 244 1989–90 125 The figures do not include specialist visiting or visiting from contributory benefits.