HC Deb 26 October 1984 vol 65 c750W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in Islington, North are in receipt of (a) state pension, (b) supplementary benefit, (c) family income supplement and (d) child benefit.

Mr. Whitney

Islington, North is covered by three DHSS local offices. The total number of supplementary benefit cases being handled on 31 July—the latest available date—in each of these was as follows:

Number
Finsbury Park 17,500
Highgate 17,070
Hexton 12,100

Information as to how many of these claimants live in Islington, North is not available. Information is not available about state pensions, family income supplement and child benefit paid in individual local office areas.