§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total number of staff employed in local offices of his Department in(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland at the latest
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Caernarfon Number of income support claimants Lone parents Disabled1 Pensioners Unemployed BUDGETING LOANS 1989 January 321 138 26 25 119 February 352 152 28 29 131 March 366 163 29 29 130 April 357 156 28 29 126 May 365 159 31 29 126 June 375 167 31 34 124 July 380 165 33 37 125 August 357 166 31 34 110 September 340 155 29 33 120 October 362 168 32 33 120 November 371 174 27 35 128 December 364 173 24 32 127 CRISIS LOANS 1989 available date; if any changes are envisaged in the number of those employed therein the near future; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe total number of staff employed in the Department's local offices on 1 January 1990 in Scotland was 6,924.5 (excluding casual staff). Included in this figure are 3,634 staff employed in Strathclyde and 213.5 in Greenock and Port Glasgow local offices. No changes in staffing are envisaged in the near future. The annual recomplementing exercise will take place in April 1990.