§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available for the Asylum road, Derry, Lisnagelvin, Limavady and Strabane social security offices to indicate the numbers in receipt of income support, the respective numbers receiving each of the income support premiums and the numbers receiving unemployment benefit without income support.
§ Mr. HanleyResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Social Security Agency under its chief executive Mr. Alec Wylie. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
423WLetter from Mr. A. Wylie to Mr. John Hume, dated 3 March 1993:
As I am responsible for Social Security operational matters your recent Parliamentary Question on the numbers in receipt of Income Support, the respective numbers receiving each of the Income Support premiums and the numbers receiving
Income support payments—premiums and unemployment benefit in Asylum Road, Lisnagelvin, Limavady and Strabane Name of office Asylum Road Lisnagelvin Limavady Strabane Number in receipt of Income Support 12,092 5,884 3,667 6,593 Number in receipt of pensioner premium 892 562 378 816 Number in receipt of enhanced pensioner premium 229 176 100 216 Number in receipt of higher pensioner premium 677 509 364 674 Number in receipt of disability premium 1,037 464 303 596 Number in receipt of lone parent premium 2,673 935 450 749 Number in receipt of family premium 1,274 701 602 889 Number in receipt of Unemployment Benefit without Income Support 494 292 315 177 Note: There are another three premiums i.e. disabled child premium, severe disability premium and the carer premium. Unfortunately, no statistical data is held on the number of customers in receipt of these premiums.