§ Mr. Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will update tables I b, 5b and 7b of the paper entitled "The Impact of the Reformed Structure of Income-Related Benefits" published in October 1987 to show the position after October 1989, taking into account benefit upratings and the additional payments for pensioners aged 75 years and over.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI regret that the reply can be supplied only at disproportionate cost. There was no prescribed procedure for uprating supplementary benefit, housing
Total staff Female staff 1 Ethnic minorities staff Numbers Per cent. Numbers Per cent. Grades 1 to 7 1,066 149 13.9 12 1.1 SEO and HEO 6,885 2,195 31.8 63 0.9 EO 23,245 13,543 58.2 534 2.3 AO and below 61,749 46,221 74.8 2,752 4.4 Others2 3,280 812 24.7 125 3.8 Total 96,225 62,920 65.3 3,495 3.6 1 Ethnic minorities figures are based on questionnaires voluntarily completed by staff. 2 eg Industrial and professional staff.