Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the highest amount of social security benefits paid to (a) a single person and (b) a single household in each office in the Coleraine, Limavady and Londonderry offices and their sub-offices.
§ Mr. MoyleSocial security payments are not classified by order of magnitude and the information in the form requested could be provided only with a disproportionate use of resources.
However, the highest weekly amounts of unemployment and/or supplementary benefit currently being paid to unemployed individuals are:
£ Londonderry 58.86 Limavady 51.56 Coleraine 54.33 These figures include benefit payable to an individual in respect of his dependants but not family allowances and not any benefit paid directly to other members of his household.