§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the figures for(a) the numbers of claimants who successfully qualified for a cold weather payment in Scotland for the years 1988–89 and 1989–90, (b) the numbers of successful claimants in each weather station area, as defined in the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments Regulations, and the number of times each weather station area was triggered for the years 1988–89 and 1989–90 and (c) the estimated numbers of potentially eligible claimants, as defined in the said regulations for each weather station area triggered in the years 1988–89 and 1989–90.
§ Mr. Scott(a) The total number of cold weather payments and the estimated number of successful claimants in Scotland for the years 1988–89 and 1989–90 are in the table:
1988–89 1989–90 Number of payments 502 148,212 Number of payments 502 224,726 (b) (c) The number of potentially eligible claimants is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The number of payments and periods of cold weather (triggers), for each weather station area in Scotland where a period of cold weather was actually recorded in 1988–89 and 1989–90 are in the table.
Weather station Payments Claimants Triggers 1988–89 Eskdalemuir 502 502 1 1989–90 Glasgow Airport 46,971 223,485 2 Dumfries 526 526 1 Fort William 150 150 1 Kinloss 536 536 1 Lerwick 29 29 1 1 This figure includes payments made in April/May 1990 in respect of the winter of 1989–90. 2 The number of claimants is different to the actual number of payments and can only be estimated, because a claimant can receive a payment each time his local weather station triggers. In Glasgow some claimants received two payments.