§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many single payments were made to residents of (a) Camden (b) Barnet (c) Greater London, and (d) Holborn and St. Pancras in 1984, and what was the average payment in each case.
§ Mr. Whitney[pursuant to his reply, 24 July 1985]: The information requested is collected on a local office basis; as local office boundaries are not conterminous with local authority boundaries or parliamentary constituencies, the information is not available in the form requested.
The figures show the total number of single payments awarded by local offices serving any part of the areas in question in the year up to 9 April 1985.
Offices serving *Number of Single Payments Average amount of payments (rounded) £ London borough of Camden 19,932 103.00 London borough of Barnet 6,919 98.50 Greater London council area 283,764 92.50 Constituency of Holborn and St. Pancras 21,309 111.50 * Some claimants receive more than one payment.