HC Deb 28 January 1972 vol 829 cc550-2W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, if he will list those supplementary benefits offices in England where the four-week rule restricting supplementary allowances is still applied.

Sir K. Joseph

Following is the information:

London North Region:

  • Barking.
  • Chelmsford.
  • Enfield-Edmonton.
  • Finchley.
  • Hackney.
  • Havering.
  • Hendon.
  • Holloway.
  • Islington.
  • Leytonstone.
  • Shoreditch.
  • Stoke Newington.
  • Thames North.
  • Tottenham.
  • Walthamstow.
  • Wood Green.

London South Region:

  • Balham.
  • Battersea.
  • Bognor Regis
  • *Brighton East
  • Brighton West.
  • *Chatham.
  • Crawley.
  • Croydon.
  • Crystal Palace.
  • Guildford.
  • *Hove.
  • Kingston.
  • Lewes.
  • Morden.
  • Orpington.
  • Redhill.
  • Southwark North.
  • Southwark South.
  • Surbiton.
  • Sutton.
  • Thames South.
  • Thornton Heath.
  • Wandsworth.
  • Wimbledon.
  • Woking.
  • Worthing

* Applied only to men under 35.

London West Region:

  • Acton.
  • Aldershot.
  • Chelsea.
  • Ealing.
  • Hampstead.
  • Harlesden.
  • Harrow.
  • Holborn-Finsbury.
  • Hounslow.
  • Kensington.
  • Kensington and Chelsea North.
  • Newbury.
  • Paddington.
  • Reading.
  • St. Marylebone.
  • St. Pancras.
  • Southall.
  • Twickenham.
  • Uxbridge.
  • Wembley.
  • Westminster.

South West Region:

  • Bath.
  • Bridgwater.
  • Bristol Central.
  • Bristol Eastville.
  • Bristol Fishponds.
  • Bristol Horfield.
  • Bristol South.
  • Cheltenham.
  • Gloucester.
  • Newton Abbot.
  • Salisbury.
  • Stroud.
  • Swindon.
  • Taunton.
  • Trowbridge.
  • Yeovil.

West Midlands Region:

  • Birmingham Central.
  • Birmingham East.
  • Birmingham Erdington.
  • Birmingham Northfield.
  • Birmingham North-West.
  • Birmingham South.
  • Birmingham South Yardley.
  • Birmingham Washwood Heath.
  • Birmingham West.
  • Brierley Hill.
  • Dudley.
  • Kidderminster.
  • Leamington Spa.
  • Newcastle (Staffs.).
  • Redditch.
  • Smethwick.
  • Stoke-on-Trent North.
  • Stoke-on-Trent South.
  • Telford.
  • Walsall.
  • West Bromwich.
  • Wolverhampton North.
  • Wolverhampton South.
  • Worcester.

Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary State for Social Services if he will list those regions where the four-week rule restricting supplementary allowances is now no longer applied.

Sir K. Joseph

Awards of supplementary benefit limited at the outset to four weeks are not made in Scotland and Wales or in the Northern, Yorkshire and Humberside, North Western (Merseyside), North Western (Manchester), or East Midlands and East Anglia Regions of England.