HC Deb 02 December 1975 vol 901 cc553-4W
Mr. Stallard

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of individuals who registered claims for benefit at the special offices provided by her Department for claimants of no fixed address at 31 Scarborough Street, London E.1, and 6 to 8 Marshalsea Road, London S.E.1, for each month during the year ended 31st October 1975; how many were under 21 years of age; what was the corresponding total number of individuals so claiming for each month during the years ended 31st October 1974 and 31st October 1973; and what proportion of individual claimants for the three periods was female.

Mr. Meacher

The information is not available in the form requested, but the table below sets out the number of claims dealt with for each of the statistical periods shown. The statistical records do not indicate how many individuals made their claim, nor how many were under 21. There were no claims by females.

Statistical period ended Scarborough Street Marshalsea Road
31st November 1972 2,711 2,360
12th December 1972 1,888 1,806
23rd January 1973 3,735 3,273
20th February 1973 2,463 2,151
20th March 1973 2,215 2,028
Statistical period ended Scarborough Street Marshalsea Road
17th April 1973 2,043 2,102
15th May 1973 1,923 2,000
19th June 1973 2,215 2,375
17th July 1973 1,774 1,994
14th August 1973 1,892 2,053
11th September 1973 1,705 1,947
9th October 1973 1,723 2,090
6th November 1973 1,391 1,814
4th December 1973 1,529 1,813
1st January 1974 1,285 1,659
29th January 1974 1,864 2,377
26th February 1974 1,797 2,251
26th March 1974 1,663 1,994
23rd April 1974 1,500 1,704
21st May 1974 1,459 1,801
18th June 1974 1,467 1,529
16th July 1974 1,651 1,831
13th August 1974 2,098 2,125
10th September 1974 1,976 2,029
8th October 1974 1,994 1,897
5th November 1974 2,143 2,120
3rd December 1974 2,151 2,154
31st December 1974 2,012 1,628
28th January 1975 2,747 1,932
25th February 1975 2,786 2,736
25th March 1975 2,654 2,651
22nd April 1975 2,536 2,521
20th May 1975 2,747 2,861
17th June 1975 2,293 2,614
15th July 1975 2,427 2,978
12th August 1975 2,705 3,008
9th September 1975 2,520 3,144
7th October 1975 2,691 3,439
4th November 1975 2,858 3,427