§ 56. Mr. Liptonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many retirement pensioners, non-contributory old-age pensioners and other persons were receiving National Assistance grants on 30th June, 1964, from the Kennington and Brixton area offices.
§ Mrs. ThatcherOn 30th June, 1964, 5,597 retirement pensioners, 270 non-contributory old-age pensioners and 3,287 other persons were receiving 179W National Assistance grants from the Kennington and Brixton area offices. Some of the grants provided for the requirements of more than one pensioner.
§ Mr. Bostonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many people in the Faversham constituency receiving the retirement pension are also receiving National Assistance; how many retirement pensioners have applied for National Assistance during the past 12 months; and how many of those applications have been refused.
§ Mrs. ThatcherAt 30th June, 1964, 1,991 retirement pensioners in the Faversham Parliamentary Constituency were receiving National Assistance.
I regret that information about applications is not available.
§ Mrs. Hartasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many applications for assistance were received by the National Assistance Board in the County of Lanarkshire in each year since 1959, how many were granted, and how many in each category concerned persons other than those over the age of 65 years.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe County of Lanarkshire—excluding the City of Glasgow—is served by seven offices of the National Assistance Board, two of which also serve territory in the City of Glasgow and one of which serves territory both in the City of Glasgow and in part of Stirlingshire. In the area served by these seven offices, the numbers of applications for national assistance and the numbers of grants made—including both running allowances and single payments—were as follows:
Year Applications Grants made 1959 … … 51,175 43,566 1960 … … 49,116 42,895 1961 … … 53,577 46,482 1962 … … 58,041 50,120 1963 … … 62,398 53,916 I regret that it is not possible to say how many in each category concerned persons other than those over the age of 65.
§ Mr. Mackenzieasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how 180W many people in Rutherglen and Cambuslang are in receipt of moneys from the National Assistance Board.
§ Mrs. ThatcherOn 30th June, 1964, 3,976 in the area covered by the Rutherglen area office which includes territory outside both Rutherglen and Cambuslang. Some of the allowances provided for the needs of more than one person.
§ 58. Mr. Steeleasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what is the number of registered unemployed in each region getting National Assistance; and how many of these are not drawing the full scale because of a limitation on assistance based on earning power.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe information asked for in the first part of the Question is as follows:
Number of unemployed assistance recipients at 30th June, 1964 England Northern Region … 20,023 East and West Ridings Region … 7,754 North-Midland Region … 6,425 London (North) Region … 12,062 London (South) Region … 7,693 South-Western Region … 4,540 Midland Region … 6,376 North-Western Region … 22,490 Wales … 9,461 Scotland … 32,757 Total … 129,581 I regret that the other information asked for is not available.