§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide the information which is available for Kirkby and Prescot on the results of the 1983 Merseyside county council take-up campaign.
§ Dr. BoysonLocal office boundaries are not coterminous with those of Kirkby and Prescot. The area is served by Kirkby and St. Helens local offices, and for those offices the following information is available:
Total number of postcards received Place Number Kirkby 5,711 Saint Helens 5,445
Claims for weekly payments* Kirkby St. Helens Awarded No entitlement Awarded No entitlement Pensioners 249 210 347 303 Unemployed claimants 100 91 306 302 Others 334 316 238 225 Total 683 617 891 830
Claims for single payments Kirkby St. Helens †Awarded Amount £ †Awarded Amount £ Pensioners 210 10,582 146 4,209 Unemployed claimants 626 60,280 647 36,147 Others 368 28,517 233 12,136 TOTAL 1,204 99,379 1,026 52,492 Notes:
* Either claims for increase of benefits in payment, or new claims.
† Records are not kept of refusals of single payments.