asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the backlog of claims at the Gosford street and Park court offices of his Department in Coventry in January 1986, July 1986 and January 1987, respectively.

[pursuant to his reply, 17 March 1987]: The table sets out the information requested about outstanding claims to social security benefits at Gosford street.

Benefit	14 January 1986	29 July 1986	13 January 1987
Sickness/Invalidity	204	113	86
Maternity allowance	90	86	60
Severe disablement allowance	not known	12	42
Supplementary benefit	396	742	321
Retirement pension	263	250	245

Park court is an unemployment benefit office, rather than a DHSS office, and I understand there are no claims to unemployment benefit outstanding.