§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many statutory single payments were made to pensioners in Scotland under the supplementary benefit rules in each of the last five years for which records arc available.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 22 May 1986, c. 315]: The information requested is as follows:
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District health authority Local authority 1' Non-metropolitan district councils unless otherwise indicated) Northern Regional Health Authority Northumberland Northumberland (CC) which includes Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick, Castle Morpeth, Wansbeck, Blyth Valley, Tynedale Districts South Cumbria South Lakeland South Tees Langbaurgh and Middlesbrough Hartlepool Hartlepool North Tees Stockton-on-Tees Darlington Teesdale and Darlington South West Durham Wear Valley and Sedgefield Durham Durham, Easington, Chester-le-street North West Durham Derwentside Newcastle Newcastle-upon-Tyne (MD) North Tyneside North Tyneside (MD) South Tyneside South Tyneside (MD) Sunderland Sunderland (MD) Gateshead Gateshead (MD) Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Calderdale Calderdale Scunthorpe Boothferry, Scunthorpe, Glanford East Yorkshire East Yorkshire and Beverley Hull Kingston upon Hull, Holderness Grimsby Cleethorpes, Great Grimsby Trent Regional Health Authority Barnsley Barnsley (MD) Doncaster Doncaster (MD) Rotherham Rotherham (MD) Sheffield Sheffield (MD) Bassetlaw Bassetlaw
Year (May to April) Number of single payments awards to pensioners in Scotland 1981–82 47,110 1982–83 36,426 1983–84 42,982 1984–85 79.109 1985–86 *110,615 * Provisional. Source: Management Information System—100 per cent. count.