§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of how many people qualify for cold weather payments in each district.
§ Mr. ScottThe administration of the social fund is a matter for Mr. Michael Richard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available and a copy will he placed in the Library.
Letter from M. Bichard to Mr. Alan Milburn, dated 27 January 1993:
As Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency, it is my responsibility to answer questions about relevant operational matters. I am therefore replying to the points raised in your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security asking for an estimate of how many people qualify for Cold Weather Payments in each District.An estimate of the number of Income Support recipients in each Benefits Agency District, based on figures for those claiming Income Support in November 1992, who may qualify for a Cold Weather Payment should the area be triggered is in the attached annex.I hope you find this reply helpful. A copy will appear in the Official Report. A copy will also he placed in the Library.826W
Annex District Qualifying IS recipients Newcastle 20,602 North Durham 16,965 North Tees 15,110 North Tyneside 8,953 Northumberland 11,101 South Durham 13,659 South Tees 18,822 South Tyneside 20,592 Wearside 18,887 Barnsley 9,742 Doncaster 13,569 East Yorkshire 10,966 Hull 24,494 Rotherham 16,851 Sheffield East 16,243 Sheffield West 15,672 South Humberside 17,431 Bradford 21,048 Halifax 14,700 Kirklees 16,834 Leeds North 15,275 Leeds South 18,891 North Yorkshire 14,088 Wakefield 14,160 Glasgow Anniesland 8,625 Glasgow City 9,345 827W
District Qualifying IS recipients Glasgow East 15,888 Glasgow Laurieston 15,941 Glasgow South West 11,318 Renfrew 11,331 Springburn and Cumbernauld 11,160 Clyde Coast and Cowal 7,881 Coatbridge 9,632 Forth Valley 11,344 Highlands and Islands 14,355 Irvine and Kilmarnock 10,765 Lomond and Argyll 8,840 Motherwell 13,552 South West Scotland 13,040 East Lowlands 14,171 Fife 13,567 Grampian and Shetland 12,432 Lothian Central 10,183 Lothian West 11,603 Tayside 18,353 East Lincolnshire 16,511 East Nottinghamshire 15,258 Chesterfield and Worksop 14,517 North Leicestershire 17,416 North Nottinghamshire 12,131 South Leicestershire 16,659 West Lincolnshire 15,524 West Nottinghamshire 15,017 Birmingham Chamberlain 17,127 Birmingham Heartlands 15,192 Birmingham North West 16,476 Birmingham South East 15,070 Birmingham South West 15,809 Coventry 19,011 Hereford and Worcestershire 19,203 Warwickshire 15,819 Central Derbyshire 14,484 Central Staffordshire 14,024 North Staffordshire 19,551 North Worcestershire 18,548 Sandwell 19,270 Shropshire 15,453 South Derbyshire 10,918 Walsall 15,224 Wolverhampton 18,387 Cynon Merthyr & Rhymney Valley 13,525 Gwyneddigion 11,675 Mid Wales and Maelor 10,408 North Gwent and Brecon 11,131 North Wales Coast 13,435 Ogwr Afan Nedd 12,460 South Glamorgan 22,312 South Gwent and Islwyn 11,846 Swansea 13,875 Taff Rhondda 9,489 West Wales 13,703 Knowsley 15,410 Liverpool Central 10,942 Liverpool North 13,764 Liverpool South 16,323 Sefton 17,559 South Cheshire 17,408 South West Lancashire 14,407 Wirral 19,736 Manchester Central 11,960 Manchester North 8,626 Manchester Salford 12,760 Manchester South 18,257 North Cheshire 16,353 Oldham 15,869 Sale and East Cheshire 11,615 Stockport 12,635 Tameside 11,341 Blackburn 12,251 Blackpool 14,904 Bolton 16,003 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 11,179 Lancaster and South Cumbria 12,016
District Qualifying IS recipients North Cumbria 10,989 Preston 13,968 West Pennine 18,790 Wigan and Leigh 14,205 Cambridgeshire 20,813 Leaside 30,302 Northamptonshire 21,303 North and East Hertfordshire 12,541 Norwich 22,549 Suffolk 20,484 West Hertfordshire 13,645 Barnet 16,257 Bedfordshire 20,337 Buckinghamshire 18,423 Ealing 26,368 Euston 34,092 Harrow and Hillingdon 15,361 Oxford 15,169 Bankside 11,947 London Central 5,838 North Surrey 25,250 Palace 29,940 South Downs 18,846 South West Thames 26,151 West Sussex 23,026 Bristol Brunel 19,468 Bristol Severnside 22,093 Cornwall 22,229 Dorset 25,553 Exeter and North Devon 21,680 Gloucester 18,568 Somerset 15,621 South Devon 25,876 Barking and Havering 17,124 City East 14,975 Essex South East 16,927 Essex South West 23,382 Hackney and Islington 27,877 Lea Roding 26,905 Newham 21,559 North Essex 17,182 Canterbury and Thanet 12,956 Channel 12,112 East Sussex 15,958 Lewisham and Brixton 27,105 Neasden 20,534 North Kent 25,432 Thameside 20,600 West Kent 19,025 Berkshire 23,456 Hampshire North 16,330 Hounslow and Kingston 20,767 Solent and New Forest 24,107 South East Hants and Wight 22,609 Surrey Downs 20,160 Wiltshire 18,566