§ 60. Mr. Flanneryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much money was paid out in unemployment benefit in the years 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, respectively.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information available is given in the table.
Financial Year Expenditure £ million 1979–80 652.9 1980–81 1,280.5 1981–82 1,701.5 1982–83 1,499.6 1983–84 1,496.5 1984–85 *1,597.0 * Provisional.
§ Mr. Michael McNair-Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the residential qualifications he applies to applicants for unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. WhitneyThere are no residential qualifications as such for claimants to unemployment benefit, but the benefit is contributory, so that the claimant must have paid national insurance contributions under the schemes in Great Britain or Northern Ireland, (or into schemes with which we have reciprocal arrangements). The claimant must normally be living in the United Kingdom in order to receive unemployment benefit, though for a claimant who satisfies all the conditions it may be paid for short periods to claimants seeking work in other countries in the European Community.
NHS hospitals in Islington DHA*—Acute beds† Average daily number of occupied beds as a percentage of average daily number of available beds Hospital 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 City of London Maternity Home‡ 49.3 49.3 50.0 32.9 27.6 8.3 Friern Hospital≑ — — — — — — Hornsey Central Hospital 91.4 83.9 82.2 76.8 86.6 82.7 Royal Northern Hospital 85.9 82.1 65.8 86.7 71.7 71.0 Southwood Hospital — — — — 94.6 — Whittington Hospital 73.9 77.3 79.8 70.6 74.4 75.3 Whittington Home¶ — — — — — —
NHS hospitals in Islington DHA*—Geriatric beds Average daily number of occupied beds as a percentage of average daily number of available beds Hospital 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 City of London Maternity Home‡ — — — — — — Friern Hospital║ — — — — — — Hornsey Central Hospital 98.4 100.0 89.3 96.4 97.1 94.6 Royal Northern Hospital — — 25.0 67.0 79.4 95.7 Southwood Hospital 85.6 96.0 95.8 99.8 98.2 96.7