§ Mr. Spenceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services why unemployment benefit due to be paid to Mr. Philip G. Carr of 14 Towthorpe Road, Haxby, York YO3 8ND, by 31 August 1980 has not yet been paid; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MayhewI have been asked to reply.
Details of individuals' benefit claims are confidential and not normally disclosed in reply to parliamentary questions. For this reason I shall be writing to my hon. Friend about Mr. Carr's position.