§ Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he can now provide detailed statistics for each local office of his Department within Merseyside on the results of the 1983 Merseyside county council take-up campaign; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NewtonThe following information is now available for the local offices in the Merseyside area:
Number of postcards received Pensioners Unemployed Others Total Belle Vale 405 317 489 1,211 Birkenhead North 844 631 927 2,402 Birkenhead South 671 438 620 1,729 Bootle 647 724 555 1,926 Breckfield 680 396 689 1,765 Liverpool City 238 396 288 922 Crosby 533 366 376 1,275 Edge Hill* 329 260 327 916 Garston 140 260 781 1,181 Huyton 554 560 615 1,729 Kirkby 668 759 923 2,350 Norris Green 320 265 426 1,011 St. Helens 575 517 984 2,076 Southport 440 124 483 1,047 Toxteth 441 391 624 1,456 Wallasey 618 454 559 1,631 Warrington 178 180 142 500 West Derby 407 275 531 1,213
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Claims for weekly payments of benefit (new and repeat claims only) Awarded No entitlement Belle Vale Pensioners 28 183 Unemployed 2 45 Others 6 78 Total 36 306 Birkenhead North Pensioners 60 461 Unemployed 6 177 Others 22 312 Total 88 950 Birkenhead South Pensioners 43 538 Unemployed 2 69 Others 8 313 Total 53 920 Bootle Pensioners 42 191 Unemployed 8 132 Others 9 163 Total 59 486 Breckfield Pensioners 47 249 Unemployed 6 82 Others 6 117 Total 59 448
Awarded No entitlement Liverpool (City) Pensioners 9 71 Unemployed 1 12 Others 3 93 Total 13 176 Crosby Pensioners 25 83 Unemployed 8 29 Others 7 70 Total 40 182 Edge Hill* Pensioners 23 154 Unemployed 2 31 Others 4 118 Total 29 303 Garston Pensioners 28 215 Unemployed 3 39 Others 5 138 Total 36 392 Huyton Pensioners 37 152 Unemployed 1 25 Others 12 219 Total 50 396 Kirkby Pensioners 39 210 Unemployed 9 91 Others 17 316 Total 65 617 Norris Green Pensioners 20 125 Unemployed 1 24
Successful Claims for one-off payments (Not collected according to client groups) Belle Vale Birkenhead North Bootle Garston Kirkby Norris Green St. Helens Pensions 1 1 — 1 — — — Unemployed — — 1 — — — — Others — — 2 — 1 1 2 Total 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 Note: No successful claims for one-off payments occurred at any of the other Merseyside offices
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Claims for Single Payments No. Awarded Amount Belle Vale Pensioners 79 3,303 Unemployed 164 10,281 Others 127 8,116 Total 370 21,700
Awarded No entitlement Others 3 151 Total 24 300 St. Helens Pensioners 44 303 Unemployed 4 302 Others 11 225 Total 59 830 Southport Pensioners 27 256 Unemployed 3 138 Others 4 202 Total 34 596 Toxteth Pensioners 17 114 Unemployed 1 79 Others — 81 Total 18 274 Wallasey Pensioners 73 405 Unemployed 18 252 Others 28 146 Total 119 803 Warrington Pensioners 10 58 Unemployed — 34 Others 4 68 Total 14 160 West Derby Pensioners 19 213 Unemployed 2 64 Others 8 245 Total 29 522
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No. Awarded Amount Birkenhead North Pensioners 172 5,472 Unemployed 410 22,143 Others 242 11,215 Total 824 38,830
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No. Awarded Amount Birkenhead South Pensioners 102 4,257 Unemployed 227 16,856 Others 132 7,063 Total 461 28,176 Bootle Pensioners 160 5,234 Unemployed 341 18,639 Others 219 11,742 Total 720 35,615 Breckfield Pensioners 92 3,473 Unemployed 130 8,670 Others 84 5,732 Total 306 17,875 Liverpool (City) Pensioners 65 3,026 Unemployed 143 10,663 Others 77 6,036 Total 285 19,725 Crosby Pensioners 105 3,748 Unemployed 187 13,270 Others 99 6,173 Total 391 23,191 Edge Hill* Pensioners 67 3,833 Unemployed 151 16,624 Others 85 10,811 Total 303 31,268 Garston Pensioners 47 1,543 Unemployed 142 8,861 Others 80 5,473 Total 269 15,877 Huyton Pensioners 143 5,382 Unemployed 323 23,081 Others 217 11,415 Total 683 39,878 Kirkby Pensioners 210 10,582 Unemployed 626 60,280 Others 368 28,517 Total 1,204 99,379 Norris Green Pensioners 69 2,345 Unemployed 208 14,361 Others 136 9,301
No. Awarded Amount Total 413 26,007 St. Helens Pensioners 146 4,209 Unemployed 647 36,147 Others 233 12,136 Total 1,026 52,492 Southport Pensioners 12 435 Unemployed 30 793 Others 19 658 Total 61 1,886 Toxteth Pensioners 109 6,669 Unemployed 277 20,913 Others 219 15,832 Total 605 43,414 Wallasey Pensioners 118 3,739 Unemployed 225 16,603 Others 186 10,836 Total 529 31,178 Warrington Pensioners 18 449 Unemployed 56 4,328 Others 42 2,186 Total 116 6,963 West Derby Pensioners 74 3,889 Unemployed 201 23,642 Others 141 12,443 Total 416 39,974 * Formerly known as Wavertree office.
Total Number of successful claims for an increase of Benefit for additional requirements Number Belle Vale 63 Birkenhead North 192 Birkenhead South 107 Bootle 113 Breckfield 103 Liverpool (City) 50 Crosby 91 Edge Hill* 96 Garston 51 Huyton 138 Kirkby 157 Norris Green 73 St. Helens 130 Southport 56 Toxteth 115 Wallasey 143 Warrington 32 West Derby 92 * Formerly known as Wavertree office.