HC Deb 02 February 1984 vol 53 c341W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what requirements are to be met before lump sum payments will be made available to help with heating costs in periods of very severe weather; and what are the temperatures below which help with heating costs will be made available under the scheme;

(2) if he will list those areas in Great Britain where lump sum payments to help with heating costs will be available as a result of the very severe weather;

(3) whether, in considering applications for lump sum payments to help with heating costs, his Department will take into account the extent to which claimants have been confined to their homes and the additional heating costs entailed as a result of the period of very severe weather.

Dr. Boyson

Single payments of supplementary benefit to help with heating costs can normally be made only under regulation 26 of the Supplementary Benefit (Single

Support Services Contracts Contractual arrangements for patient care
Maintenance Contracts Service and Maintenance Contracts Total
Region Medical and Surgical Equipment

£000

 X-Ray Equipment

£000

 Laboratory Equipment

£000

 Catering

£'000

 Laundry

£'000

 Cleaning

£'000

 Engineering Maintenance

£'000

 Building Maintenance

£'000

 Grounds etc. Maintenance

£'000

 Vehicle Maintenance

£000

 £'000 Proportion of Total Expenditure in Region Per cent. £000 Proportion of Total Expenditure in Region Per cent.
Northern 467 460 270 25 226 227 3,378 5,214 79 665 11,011 2.11 1,191 0.23
Yorkshire 881 280 226 6 488 633 3,110 4,341 199 320 10,484 1.80 1,702 0.29
Trent 1,414 739 650 93 200 381 3,022 4,112 221 835 11,667 1.67 1,285 0.18
E Anglia 225 226 206 — 29 860 1,364 1.476 35 292 4,713 1.63 1,756 0.61
NW Thames 1,081 523 394 31 1,148 733 5,559 5,141 336 481 15,427 2.44 3,142 0.50
NE Thames 1,261 679 624 62 937 1,070 6,159 6,689 371 696 18,548 2.32 4,213 0.53
SE Thames 1,047 760 453 35 565 676 4,854 5,073 262 444 14,169 2.02 1,950 0.28
SW Thames 706 590 225 82 628 676 3,635 3,208 330 427 10,507 1.98 5,717 1.08
Wessex 905 517 184 — 241 194 1,886 2,395 81 361 6,764 1.62 1,307 0.31
Oxford 596 170 173 8 566 608 1,537 1,719 193 530 6,100 1.82 1,249 0.37
South Western 896 449 415 50 778 176 3,643 3,752 60 1,019 11,238 2.22 1,677 0.33
West Midlands 1,460 660 500 22 427 496 5,065 5,844 298 616 15,388 1.90 1,787 0.22
Mersey 750 529 314 20 146 220 2,920 3,103 281 247 8,530 1.96 1,730 0.40
North Western 984 580 749 1 811 517 4,767 5,116 347 316 14,188 1.94 5,494 0.75

Notes:

  1. 1. Total expenditure figures used to calculate percentages include current expenditure on all services except payments made to contractors providing Family Practitioner services. Capital expenditure is excluded.
  2. 2. Minimal expenditure (ie less than £1,000) has been indicated by the use of dash (—).

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