HC Deb 07 June 1984 vol 61 c273W
Mr. Parry

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the detailed statistics of the claimants who claimed extra benefit as a

Claims for Weekly Payments*
Toxteth Wavertree Liverpool City
Awarded No Entitlement Awarded No Entitlement Awarded No Entitlement
Pensioners 17 114 23 154 9 71
Unemployed claimants 1 79 2 31 1 12
Others Nil 81 4 118 3 93
Total 18 274 29 303 13 176
Claims for Single Payments
Toxteth Wavertree Liverpool City
†Awarded Amount £ †Awarded Amount £ †Awarded Amount £
Pensioners 109 6,669 67 3,834 65 3,026
Unemployed claimants 277 20,397 151 16,565 143 10,663
Others 219 15,615 85 10,811 77 6,036
TOTAL 605 42,681 303 31,210 285 19,725
* Either claims for increase of benefits already in payment, or new claims.
† Records are not kept of refusals of single payments.