§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many regular pension service drop-in and appointment surgeries have been established(a) in each region, (b) in each local authority cluster, (c) in each constituency and (d) in total. [160351]
§ Malcolm WicksThe information requested is not available in the format requested.
The information that is available is the number of surgeries offering appointments and a drop-in facility and the number of surgeries offering appointment only in each region, and is provided in the following table. 322W
Region Number of surgeries offering both appointments and a drop-in facility Number of surgeries offering appointments only South West 200 31 South East 303 22 London 146 63 East Midlands 451 72 West Midlands 294 18 Wales 133 29 North West 209 27 North East 197 103 Scotland 0 268 Total 1,933 633 Details of local service surgeries can be obtained by telephoning the single 'lo call' access number for The Pension Service, which is 0845 60 60 265. Locally surgery information is often available in libraries, GP surgeries, and advertised in the local press and radio.