§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many visits were made by his Department's local office staff to(a) retirement pensioners, (b) families, (c) young people and (d) single people in (1) Leeds, West, (2) West Yorkshire and (3) England in each year from 1979 to 1990.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardInformation about visits is not held in the form required. The table records total numbers of benefit visits made since 1985 by (1) Leeds West local offices, (2) West Yorkshire local offices, and (3) local offices in England and Wales.
Year ending March Leeds West local office West Yorkshire England and Wales 1985 6,464 104,564 2,535,148 1986 5,171 91,326 1,988,934 1987 2,141 54,775 1,351,712 1988 1,655 41,576 1,058,051 1989 1,616 34,676 870,642 1990 1,774 33,493 911,046