§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will consider introducing legislation requiring mortgage assistance for those on supplementary benefit to be paid direct to the lender rather than the borrower; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Major[pursuant to the reply, 9 June 1986, c. 97]: I shall consider this suggestion along with the comments I have received from the Social Security Advisory Committee on the draft regulations concerning proposed changes to supplementary benefit payments for mortgage interest. An announcement of the final decision on the changes will be made in due course.
Average daily number of available acute1 beds in the District Health Authorities within the four Thames Regions District Health Authority 1974 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 North West Thames Regional Health Authority North Bedfordshire 501.9 503.4 528.2 498.2 489.7 508.8 505.2 502.3 South Bedfordshire 483.3 468.2 466.5 466.8 467.5 458.6 462.8 476.4 North Hertfordshire 481.1 505.8 504.1 510.3 511.0 507.4 502.5 484.2 East Hertfordshire 450.3 416.4 372.0 369.3 390.5 386.0 388.6 363.8 North West Hertfordshire 479.9 478.1 489.3 489.2 467.0 488.0 485.5 485.0 South West Hertfordshire 623.1 470.9 470.5 468.6 461.5 467.2 467.7 442.9 Barnet 1,401.8 1,231.6 1,132.3 1,105.2 1,107.9 1,046.3 949.4 909.7 Harrow 373.2 559.2 552.9 557.6 567.8 563.2 534.9 556.6 Hillingdon 1,297.1 1,232.8 1,097.2 1,133.4 1,125.6 1,100.9 1,008.9 980.5 Hounslow and Spelthorne n/a n/a n/a n/a 966.7 931.9 891.3 819.6 Ealing 325.1 241.6 284.2 345.2 374.9 369.3 374.1 372.7 Brent 895.2 528.3 574.3 536.5 537.9 510.9 470.0 456.3 Paddington and North Kensington 1,292.7 1,082.2 1,006.0 963.2 933.7 936.2 921.3 902.7 Riverside2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,498.4 1,453.8 1,387.6 1,299.6 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Basildon and Thurrock 665.6 671.2 651.5 677.8 699.5 700.3 698.0 708.4 Mid Essex 599.1 502.3 512.1 511.4 522.9 540.3 533.7 614.6 North East Essex 1,027.0 924.4 928.6 897.9 862.1 806.1 824.1 644.6 West Essex 833.3 683.5 634.1 645.8 649.4 649.7 632.3 614.1 Southend 623.3 633.6 639.1 648.4 671.1 656.7 670.0 646.3 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 1,607.9 1,437.0 1,411.2 1,382.5 1,312.2 1,300.4 1,278.5 1,215.6 Hampstead n/a n/a n/a n/a 747.5 743.7 745.1 742.3 Bloomsbury n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,981.4 1,975.0 1,837.2 1,641.3 Islington n/a n/a n/a n/a 815.1 751.6 656.5 584.8 City and Hackney 1,639.9 1,325.1 1,244.0 1,242.9 1,223.2 1,214.8 1,189.3 1,096.2 Newham 937.3 761.1 744.5 740.3 668.7 587.0 534.6 523.4 Tower Hamlets 1,324.5 1,007.4 897.3 937.4 925.9 896.3 866.6 856.5 Enfield 697.7 678.5 652.9 598.8 598.5 591.8 547.4 539.2 Haringey 988.8 878.2 773.9 793.1 799.3 749.2 688.6 636.3 Redbridge 445.3 414.7 427.7 432.4 424.2 427.8 427.8 443.3 Waltham Forest 1,226.4 1,000.7 969.9 927.6 949.5 873.3 776.7 754.7 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Brighton 1,302.0 1,183.9 1,125.8 1,053.8 1,063.6 1,036.8 1,065.3 1,032.2 Eastbourne 384.3 465.6 466.8 472.6 470.3 468.3 464.5 447.6 Hastings 557.2 520.6 479.7 434.3 457.0 457.9 459.7 456.8 South East Kent 557.2 549.2 596.5 615.9 611.8 592.9 568.7 558.9