§ Mr. FormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he will publish the fourth annual report of the chief adjudication officer; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Nicholas ScottThe report which is being published today provides an authoritative account of the standards of social security adjudication. We welcome the report and the recognition that the replacement of supplementary benefit with income support, as part of our reform of the social security system, has produced encouraging signs for further improvements in the standard of adjudication. A copy has been placed in the Library.