§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the services provided by his Department and its agencies covering North Staffordshire for each of the last three years, giving details of(a) the number of staff employed and (b) the efficiency savings (i) required and (ii) achieved for each of those years. [37]
§ Mr. BurtA full range of services on all Social Security issues is provided to the people of North Staffordshire via the local offices at Hanley, Longton and Newcastle, where the Benefits Agency, Child Support Agency, and Contributions Agency are sited.
The number of staff employed at these sites is shown in the table:
Year BA CSA CA 1993–94 386 16 22 1994–95 389 16 22 1995–96 362 16 17 Figures as at 1 April 1996. The Department and its agencies are committed to carrying out its business efficiently and has set national efficiency savings targets to monitor progress. Information for each of the last three years is in the following table:
identified in official reports published by the Australian and New Zealand data protection commissioners; and if he will make a statement on how his proposals would avoid such problems in the United Kingdom. [209]
§ Mr. HealdWe shall take into account the experiences of other countries involved in data matching exercises and are in contact with the Data Protection Registrar about the Department's legislative proposals.