§ Mr. Parryasked 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.