HC Deb 05 May 1972 vol 836 cc237-8W
Mr. Loveridge

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many invalidity allowances are being paid to residents in the Hornchurch area.

Mr. Dean:

I regret that the information is not available for local office areas.

Mr. Loveridge

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many families on low incomes with children are receiving increased supplementary benefits in the Hornchurch area.

Mr. Dean:

I regret that the information is not available.

Mr. Loveridge

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many widows, between the ages of 40 and 50 years, are being paid pensions in the smallest area, to include Hornchurch, for which he can supply figures.

Mr. Dean:

Excluding widowed mother's allowance, 30,400 widows between the ages of 40 and 50 were receiving national insurance widows pensions in Great Britain.

Mr. Loveridge

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons resident in the smallest area, to include Hornchurch, for which he can supply figures are receiving attendance allowances.

Mr. Dean:

The smallest area for which figures are readily available to include Hornchurch is that part of the London (North) administrative region which is apvered by the Greater London Council. In this area the allowance was being paid at 7th April—the latest date for which figures are available—for about 2,200 people. including just over 500 children.

Mr. Loveridge

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many old persons' pensions are being paid to residents in the Hornchurch area.

Mr. Dean:

Figures are not maintained of the numbers of people receiving old persons' pensions in local office areas.