§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many offices providing public access for the purpose of claiming benefit, including unemployment benefit, were in operation in Great Britain on 1 April.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe total number of offices giving public access for the purpose of claiming benefits in operation on 1 April was 1,825. These figures can be broken down as follows.
Number Integrated Social Security Local Offices 432 National Insurance Offices (Contributory Benefits only) 22 Area Offices (Income Support and Social Fund only) 19 District Offices 1 Branch Offices 4 Full-time Caller Offices 67 Part-time Caller Offices 176 Unemployment Benefit Offices 764 Unemployment Benefit Offices (sharing premises with Job Centres) 209 Employment Service integrated offices (combining Unemployment Benefit Offices and Job Centres) 131 Total 1,825
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many integrated local offices were in operation on 1 April this year.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardOn 1 April there were 432 integrated local offices in operation.