§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many awards of family income supplement expired in each week since 20th October, 1971; and, for each of these weeks, how many of these beneficiaries renewed their 66W claim successfully, how many unsuccessfully and how many did not renew them.
§ Mr. DeanFor the reason explained in my reply to the hon. Member on 1st May, there are no records available which would provide the information requested in the second part of the Question. Following is a week-by-week list of the number of awards expiring, and the decisions on renewal claims; the latter relate to awards which may have been due for renewal several weeks before or after the weeks in which the decisions were given.
Week ending Awards expiring* Renewal awards Renewal claims rejected 22nd October, 1971 — 80 20 29th October, 1971 — 380 70 5th November, 1971 1,400 510 120 12th November, 1971 1,200 700 110 19th November, 1971 1,500 760 120 26th November, 1971 1,400 760 160 3rd December, 1971 1,500 790 130 10th December, 1971 1,300 820 160 17th December, 1971 1,300 790 170 31st December, 1971(two weeks) 2,600 1,030 230 7th January, 1972 1,300 530 160 14th January, 1972 1,200 750 250 21st January, 1972 1,200 1,050 360 28th January, 1972 1,100 1,300 410 4th February, 1972 2,200 1,870 560 11th February, 1972 5,700 2,170 510 18th February, 1972 5,800 2,330 530 25th February, 1972 5,000 2,260 440 3rd March, 1972 3,900 2,160 420 10th March, 1972 3,700 2,500 450 17th March, 1972 3,000 2,460 440 24th March, 1972 2,900 2,310 390 21st April, 1972† 10,700 6,630 1,710 * Estimate based on a 20 per cent. sample. † Information is now compiled monthly. Vol. 835, c. 37–8.