§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what number and percentage of those unemployed in the Coventry travel-to-work area have exhausted their right to unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. Ray WhitneyAt November 1983 there were 12,360 unemployment claimants in the area covered by theCoventry unemployment benefit offices, including the office in Leamington, who had exhausted their entitlement to unemployment benefit. This was 38.7 per cent. of the total number of unemployed claimants in that area. Information on the benefit position of unemployed claimants is not available for the travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many extra-statutory payments have been made by the Coventry offices of his Department in the latest year; and how much money is involved, giving separate figures for compensation and payment in respect of benefit.
§ Mr. WhitneyIn the year ended 31 March 1985, the Department made two special payments in respect of cases fromthe Coventry East local office: an extra statutory payment of £32.50 as compensation for delay in payment of a statutory entitlement of £679.65, and an ex-gratia payment of £19.32 in recognition of loss suffered as a result of official misdirection.
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National Health Service Orthoptists as at 30 September Region Whole-time equivalent* Whole-time equlvalent per 100,000 resident population as at 1981 1982 1983 30 september1983 Northern RHA 19 21 20 0.64 Yorkshire RHA 28 31 30 0.84 Trent RHA 38 38 39 0.84 East Anglian RHA 15 17 17 0.87 NW Thames RHA 26 29 28 0.82 NE Thames RHA 19 21 21 0.55 SE Thames RHA 28 30 31 0.86 SW Thames RHA 19 21 19 0.63 Wessex RHA 20 20 21 0.73 Oxford RHA 26 24 28 1.19 South Western RHA 34 39 34 1.10 West Midlands RHA 58 60 61 1.17 Mersey RHA 23 23 23 1.93 North Western RHA 52 51 52 1.29 London Post Graduate SHAs 22 19 23 ENGLAND TOTAL 425 444 444 0.95 * Owing to rounding the sum of the Regional figures may not add up to the total shown. Extra-statutory authority was given in a third case to give home responsibilities protection cover during the 1984–85 tax year to safeguard the individual's pension rights; no cash payment was involved.