HC Deb 04 February 1985 vol 72 cc457-62W
Mr. Wareing

asked 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. Newton

The 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

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

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

No. Awarded Amount
Birkenhead North
Pensioners 172 5,472
Unemployed 410 22,143
Others 242 11,215
Total 824 38,830

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.