§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the statistics submitted from local DHSS offices to headquarters after 18th May, in order to assess the initial impact of the fuel policy announced in February 1976 between DHSS and the fuel boards as follows: (a) the total number of claims for help with fuel bills, (b) the number of lump sum payments (pensioners), (c) the amount of lump sum payments (pensioners), (d) the number of lump sum payments (allowances), (e) the amount of lump sum payments (allowances), (f) the number of lump sum payments (non-beneficiaries), (g) the amount of lump sum payments (non-beneficiaries), (h) the number of weekly deductions arrangements made and (i) the total weekly amount of deductions; and if he will give details of the number and amount of lump sum payments for recipients of pensions and allowances and for non-beneficiaries during the same period, February to May 1975.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe information is as follows:
(a) … 55,421 (b) … 7,501 (c) … £152,251 (d) … 6,859 (e) … £179,819 (f) … 173 (g) … £4,216 (h) … 14,665 (i) … £50,084 I regret that information is not available of the number of lump sum payments made for fuel bills during the period February to May 1975.