§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many payments of supplementary benefit have been made in each local office of his Department on Merseyside to people who suffered wrongful voluntary employment deductions; and what was the total amount paid by each office.
§ Dr. BoysonPayments in respect of money wrongly deducted from supplementary benefits on grounds of voluntary unemployment have been made by the Department's Merseyside local offices as follows:
Number of payments Amount £ Local office Belle Vale 4 69 Birkenhead North 8 126 Birkenhead South 9 231 Garston 24 491 Huyton 6 165 Kirby 81 1,913 Norris Green 6 162 St. Helens 10 245 Toxteth 1 25 Wallasey 9 248 Warrington 63 1,639 Wavertree 1 13 West Derby 4 80 Bootle nil nil Breckfield 23 686 City 3 73 Crosby 5 127 Southport 4 52