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EL DORISTE, IARJI 13, 1975

HE FOLLOWING FIGURES FOR THE DEPARTMENT MAY HELP TO PUT WE SITUATION IN DETTER PERSPECTIVE &

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASES IN ACTION

DECEMBER 1974

A)

CASES BROUGHT FORWARD IN FIELD UNITS 1ST OF THE MONTH (1.E. STILL UNDER ACTION)

ON

2,354

D) NEW CASES RECEIVED DURING THE MONTU

2,764

C) CASES AUTHORISED FOR PAYMENT

2,053

D) CASES REJECTED AS UNSUCCESSFUL

.798

E) CASES CARRIED FORWARD TO NEXT MONTU

2,267

IT WILL BE SEEN THAT THE WORKING LOAD OF NEW CASES HAS BEEN MORE THAN HATCHED IN TERMS OF CASES DROUGHT FORWARD+ AND ÷GARRIED FORWARD✨. THIS MEANS THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO BUILD-UP OF ARREARS OF THE KIND WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY NAVE ARISEN IF THE FIGURES OF THE SURVEY WERE AT ALL REPRESENTATIVE.

→IN REGARD TO THE PERIOD COVERED IN THE SURVEY (OCTOBER DECEMBER) HOWEVER IT IS TRUE THAT WE HAD DIFFICULTIES IN OUR CENTRAL PAYMENTS CONTROL SECTION WHERE CASH ORDER BOOKS ARE PREPARED, A BACKLOG OF CASES HAD BEGUM TO BUILD-UP MAINLY BECAUSE WE WERE PROCESSING CASES MUCH QUICKER IN THE FIELD UNITS AND FOR THIS REASON SOME DELAYS IN THE ISSUE OF THE BOOKS WAS EXPERIENCED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

THE SITUATION HAS NOW BEEN PUT BACK ON A PROPER FOOTING THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF CERTAIN MEASURES INCLUDING . SHIFT WORK IN THE CENTRAL PAYMENTS CONTROL, THE ADDITION OF. EXTRA MACHINES AND THE DRAFTING OF EXTRA STAFF FROM OTHER OFFICES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

+WE HAVE BEEN AND ARE CONTINUING TO CARRY A HEAVY BURDEN AND IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT SEVERAL EASEMENTS IN PROCEDUNES WERE INTRODUCED IN THE FIELD UNITS TO ENABLE US TO KEEP PAGE. WE HAVE ALSO INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY THE AMOUNTS OF READY CASH IN THE FIELD UNITS FOR EMERGENCY PAYMENTS. TAKEN TOGETHER THESE MEASURES WILL ENABLE US TO CONTINUE TO SERVICE OUR PRESENT CASELOAD OF 44,000 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASES AND 54,000 DISABILITY AND INFIRMITY ALLOWANCES CASES WITHOUT GAUSING HARDSHIP TO THE PEOPLE WE ARE HERE TO SERVE, HE SAID.

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