§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security which areas in the United Kingdom were triggered for cold weather payments in February.
§ Mr. ScottThe administration of the social fund is a matter for Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Michael Bichard to Mr. David Winnick, dated 3 March 1994:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking which areas in the United Kingdom were triggered for cold weather payments in February.The attached appendix shows the weather stations which were triggered in February and the Benefits Agency Districts they cover, in whole, or in part. The relevant periods of cold weather are also shown together with an indication as to whether the trigger was due to a forecast or recording.I hope you find my reply helpful.898W
Areas which were triggered for cold weather payments in February 1994 Weather station and Benefits Agency district office Period Trigger Eskdalemuir East Lowlands 16–22 February Forecast Motherwell 23 February to 1 March Forecast North Cumbria South West Scotland Aviemore Grampian and Shetland 12–18 February Recording Highland and Islands 21–27 February Forecast Tayside Wilsden Barnsley 10–16 February Recording Blackburn 17–23 February Recording Bradford Central Derbyshire Kirklees Leeds North Leeds South North Derbyshire 899W
Weather station and Benefits Agency district office Period Trigger North Staffordshire Oldham Pendle and Rossendale Sale/East Cheshire Sheffield West Stockport Tameside West Pennine Yorkshire Pennine Glasgow airport Clyde Coast and Cowal 13–19 February Recording Coatbridge Forth Valley Glasgow West Glasgow City Glasgow Lauriston Glasgow South West Irvine and Kilmarnock Lomond and Argyle Lothian West Motherwell Renfrew South West Scotland Spring and Cumbernauld Leuchars Fife 13–19 February Recording Forth Valley Tayside Leeming East Yorkshire 15–21 February Recording Newcastle North Durham North Tees North Tyneside Northumberland North Yorkshire South Durham South Tees South Tyneside Wearside Edinburgh airport Coatbridge 16–22 February Recording East Lowlands Fife Forth Valley Lothian Central Lothian West Motherwell Tayside Finningley Barnsley 16–22 February Recording Doncaster East Yorkshire Hull Chesterfield and Worksop North Nottinghamshire Rother and Dearne Sheffield East Sheffield West Wakefield Waddington Cambridgeshire 16–22 February Recorded Wash Coast East Yorkshire Hull North Leicestershire South Humberside West Lincolnshire Kinloss Grampian and Shetland 24 February to 2 March Forecast
Weather station and Benefits Agency district office Period Trigger Highlands and Islands Lomond and Argyle Coltishall Norwich 17–23 February Forecast Suffolk Honnington Cambridgeshire 17–23 February Recorded Wash Coast North Essex Norwich Suffolk Marham Wash Coast 18–24 February Recorded Norwich Watnall Central Staffordshire 18–24 February Recorded Central Derbyshire East Nottinghamshire Northamptonshire North Derbyshire North Leicestershire North Nottinghamshire North Staffordshire South Leicestershire Warwickshire West Lincolnshire West Nottinghamshire Rother and Deame