To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services whether all supplementary benefit payments were converted to income support at the social security offices at Kingsbury road and St. Margaret's road in Birmingham by 11 April.
I can confirm that both local offices completed the conversion of supplementary benefit payments to income support by 11 April.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claims for single payments were outstanding at the social security offices at Kingsbury road and St. Margaret's road in Birmingham on 31 March and 11 April.
The offices at Kingsbury road (Erdington ILO) and St. Margaret's road (Washwood Heath ILO) had single payments outstanding as at 31 March 1988, and 11 April 1988 as shown in the following table :
| Number of Single Payments Outstanding | ||
| Office | 31 March 1988 | 11 April 1988 |
| Kingsbury Road | 1,113 | 1,029 |
| St. Margaret's Road | 1,056 | 1,251 |