HC Deb 16 March 1987 vol 112 cc408-9W
Mr. Soley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Hammersmith claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Major

Information is not available in the precise form requested. But in the 1986 calendar year the following numbers of claims to maternity grant were made at the Department's local offices which cover Hammersmith although the boundaries are not conterminous:

Number
Acton 1,451
Chelsea 1
Notting Hill 742
Kensington 1

1 Claims for these offices are dealt with at Aldershot out-station. A total of 3,085 maternity grant claims were received at that office but this number includes claims proper to other local offices.

Mr. Soley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Brentford and Isleworth constituency claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Major

Information is not available in the precise form requested. But in the 1986 calendar year, 1,451 claims for maternity grant were made at Acton and 3,096 at Hounslow, the Department's local offices which cover the Brentford and Isleworth constituency, although the boundaries are not conterminous.

Mr. Soley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Crawley claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Major

Information is not available in the precise form requested. But in the 12 months ending 31 December 1986, 2,081 claims for maternity grant were received at the Department's local office which covers Crawley, although the boundaries are not conterminous.

Mr. Soley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Croydon, Central constituency claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Major

Information is not available in the precise form requested.

The Croydon, Central constituency is covered by the Department's local office at Croydon, although their boundaries are not conterminous. Maternity grant claims proper to the Croydon local office are processed exclusively at Hastings out-station. The number of claims for maternity grant received there during the 1986 calendar year was 3,619.