§ Mr. Shortasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what was the number of retired pensioners in Newcastle-upon-Tyne receiving National Assistance at the latest convenient date and on the corresponding date in each of the years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, and 1955.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe following information has been supplied by the National Assistance Board in respect of supplementation of retirement pensions by regular weekly National Assistance allowances by their offices in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Wallsend in the years 1954. 1955 and 1956. Owing to changes in the Board's administrative boundaries in 1954 comparable figures cannot be given for earlier years. The figures relate2W to allowances in payment on the last Tuesday in June in each of the years in question.
Some of the allowances provided for the requirements of a household with more than one pensioner.
The areas covered by the Board's offices in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Wallsend extend considerably beyond the boundaries of the County Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Year Number of allowances in payment 1954 … … … 11,641 1955 … … … 10,790 1956 … … … 10,701