| I have been calling for years for more resources to be put into the benefits service to deal with persistent backlogs. |
| We are nonetheless afraid that this measure is quite inadequate for getting to grips with the existing backlogs. |
| Yet, last December we had serious backlogs in the delivery of Christmas mail when one million letters were delivered late. |
| She also said the authority had now cleared its backlogs and was working towards processing claims within 30 days when information was supplied. |
| She was told the AEC couldn't be sure but was doing its best to deal with backlogs before deadlines clicked in. |
| This is why supplier deliveries are slowing to an extreme degree, and unfilled order backlogs are inflating at a double-digit annual pace. |
