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Mr. Robin Cook
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Madden), Official Report, 25 February, column 300, if he will list the local office interview rooms of his Department with protective screens.
Mr. Portillo
In September 1987, the latest date for which information is available, there were 112 private interview rooms containing protective screens within the supplementary benefit caller facilities at 71 local offices. The offices concerned were:
| Office | Rooms1 |
| London North | |
| Barnet | 1 |
| Basildon | 2 |
| Colchester | 5 |
| Ilford | 1 |
| Ipswich | 1 |
| Leytonstone | 1 |
| Plaistow | 1 |
| Thames north | 1 |
| Tottenham | 3 |
| Norwich (Chantry) | 2 |
| Norwich (Mountergate) | 3 |
| Southall | 2 |
| Uxbridge | 1 |
| Scotland | |
| Cowdenbeath | 1 |
| Dundee (east) | 2 |
| Glasgow (Partick) | 4 |
| Glasgow (Springburn) | 1 |
| London South | |
| Havant | 1 |
| Hounslow | 1 |
| Bloomsbury | 1 |
| Streatham | 3 |
| Thames south | 1 |
| Westminster | 1 |
| Mitcham | 2 |
| Portsmouth | 1 |
| Redhill | 1 |
| North Eastern | |
| Blyth | 1 |
| Bradford (east) | 1 |
| Bradford (south) | 2 |
| Harrogate | 1 |
| Hartlepool | 1 |
| Hexham | 1 |
| Leeds (east) | 7 |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne (east) | 1 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne (St. James) | 1 |
| Scarborough | 1 |
| Sunderland (south) | 1 |
| Wales and South Western | |
| Aberdare | 1 |
| Barnstaple | 1 |
| Office | Rooms1 |
| Cardiff (east) | 3 |
| Holyhead | 1 |
| Llanelli | 2 |
| Newtown | 1 |
| Swansea | 1 |
| Yeovil | 1 |
| North Western | |
| Blackpool (north) | 1 |
| Burnley | 1 |
| Carlisle | 2 |
| Leigh | 1 |
| Liverpool (Bootle) | 1 |
| Liverpool (Toxteth) | 2 |
| Liverpool (West Derby) | 1 |
| Manchester (Cheetham) | 4 |
| Manchester (Failsworth) | 2 |
| Rochdale | 1 |
| St. Helens | 1 |
| Salford (north) | 4 |
| Midlands | |
| Birmingham (Handsworth) | 1 |
| Birmingham (Ravenhurst) | 1 |
| Derby (Becket Street) | 2 |
| Dudley (north) | 3 |
| Leicester (Lower Hill Street) | 1 |
| Leicester (Norton Street) | 1 |
| Northampton | 2 |
| Nottingham (Shakespeare Street) | 1 |
| Redditch | 1 |
| Smethwick | 1 |
| Stoke-on-Trent (north) | 1 |
| Sutton-in-Ashfield | 1 |
| Wellingborough | 1 |
| Worksop | 1 |
| 1 Number of private interview rooms with protective screens. | |