§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons are in receipt of supplementary benefit in the Leicester, East constituency, as compared with the whole of the city of Leicester; if he will list the categories under which the benefit is claimed; and if he will give both figures for the past five years.
§ Dr. BoysonConstituency and local office boundaries with the city of Leicester are not coterminous. No comparison can therefore be made between the Leicester, East constituency and the city of Leicester. However, the number and categories of cases in action for local offices in the city of Leicester during December 1983 and equivalent periods in previous years were as follows:
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thousands Local office 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Burley's way Supplementary pensioners 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 Supplementary allowances a. unemployment claimants 0.8 1.4 2.3 2.7 2.9 b. other claimants 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.9 Total 4.9 5.4 6.6 7.4 7.8 Lower Hill street Supplementary pensioners 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.8 Supplementary allowances a. unemployment claimants 1.5 2.7 3.8 4.6 4.7
Local office 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 b. other claimants 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.4 3.4 Total 7.8 9.1 10.3 11.8 12.5 Norton street Supplementary pensioners 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.6 Supplementary allowances a. unemployment claimants 2.2 3.6 4.8 5.8 6.0 b. other claimants 2.1 2.1 2.3 3.0 3.5 Total 8.8 10.2 11.8 13.4 14.1 Yeoman street Supplementary pensioners 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.5 Supplementary allowances a. unemployment claimants 1.5 2.7 4.3 5.3 6.0 b. other claimants 2.3 2.4 2.7 3.2 3.9 Total 9.3 10.5 12.5 14.3 15.4 Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.