§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will indicate, by area, how many people in the Northern region in receipt of transitional payments will have no overall increase in their incomes from pensions and social security benefits this year as a result of being placed on transitional payments since April 1988.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI regret that this information is not available, but refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) on 6 March at column445.