HC Deb 06 April 1984 vol 57 cc691-2W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many payments of supplementary benefit have been made in each local office of his Department in Greater London, excluding the Euston, Finsbury park and Highgate offices, to people who suffered wrongful voluntary employment deductions; and what was the total amount paid by each office.

Mr. Newton

[pursuant to the reply, 15 March 1984, c. 274]: For the year 1983–84, the available information is as follows:

Total Payments Total Value (£)
Acton
Balham 31 1,416
Barking 367 10,593
Barnet 44 1,298
Battersea 18 435
Bexley 16 417
Bloomsbury 58 1,878
Brixton 21 791
Bromley 1 55
Camberwell 6 145
Canning Town 1 24
Chelsea 6 173
Cricklewood 1 25
Croydon
Crystal Palace 7 219
Ealing 8 229
Edgware 8 155
Edmonton 37 928
Eltham 6 135
Greenwich Park 41 972
Greenwich West 8 290
Hackney 10 242
Harlesden 75 1,858
Harrow 23 820
Hendon 11 315
Hounslow 14 303
Hoxton 5 211
Ilford 62 2,008
Kennington
Kennington Park
Kensington 55 1,781
Kingston 19 427
Lewisham 98 2,870
Leytonstone 10 326
Morden 12 316
Neasden 1 31
Orpington 8 149
Paddington 12 302
Peckham 1 41
Plaistow 57 1,629
Poplar 17 335
Romford 4 144
Shoreditch 11 209
Southall 6 164
Southwark 2 93
Stepney 3 107
Stoke Newington
Streatham 16 307
Surbiton 11 353
Sutton 19 514
Thames North 15 89
Thames South
Tottenham 56 1,880
Twickenham 14 420
Uxbridge
Walthamstow 7 224
Wandsworth 43 1,109
Westbourne Park 2 98
Westminster
Wimbledon
Woodgrange Park 64 1,929
Wood Green
Woolwich 53 1,544