Pension Service Mr. Philip Hammond To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many customer visits were carried out by the Pension Service local teams in each year since 2002. James Purnell No data are available for 2002-03 and 2003-04 years for customer visits carried out by The Pension Service local teams as national figures were not maintained for this period. Data for 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 are in the following table --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Total number of visits|Total number of positive outcomes| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |805,390 |202,930 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |1,250,420 |223,180 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |1,071,480 |295,100 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes: 1. A positive outcome refers to applications for benefit that have resulted in a monetary award of benefit to the customer. 2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.| | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------