HC Deb 29 March 1985 vol 76 cc403-4W
Mr. John Fraser

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the average cost per bedspace per week in each of the resettlement units operated by his Department.

Mr. Whitney

The average cost per bedspace per week in each of the Department's resettlement units for the year ended 31 March 1984, is given in the table.

Unit Cost per bed-space (£)
Alvaston (nr. Derby) 66.64
Brighton 102.98
Crown Quay Lodge (Sittingbourne) 101.71
Fazakerley (Liverpool) 104.13

Thousands
All Supplementary Benefits* Supplementary pensions
Year Claimants Dependants† All pensions* Retirement pensioners and NI widows aged 60 and over* Others
1979 2,850 1,520 1,720 1,630 97
1980 3,120 1,750 1,690 1,590 101
1981 3,720 2,400 1,740 1,640 95
1982 4,270 2,800 1,780 1,700 82
1983‡ 4,340 2,870 1,640 1,560 85

Thousands
Supplementary Allowances
Unemployed Sick and disabled
All allowances* With contributory benefit Without contributory benefit With contributory benefit Without contributory benefit NI widows under 60 One-parent families not included in other groups Others
1979 1,130 80 486 52 155 19 306 32
1980 1,420 176 678 57 148 15 316 34
1981 1,980 234 1,084 66 155 16 369 61
1982 2,490 285 1,437 83 157 20 415 90
1983 2,690 207 1,611 237 237 15 448 175
Source: Annual Statistical Enquiry for relevant years. Information for 1979–1982 is published in Social Security Statistics tables 34.30 and 34.31, copies of which have been placed in the Library.
* Rounded to nearest ten thousand.
† Includes partners and children of claimants.
‡ Provisional figures which may subsequently require amendment.

Unit Cost per bed-space (£)
Glasgow 97.38
Leeds 68.81
Leicester 78.66
Newbury 91.94
Plawsworth (Co. Durham) 67.98
Southampton 94.33
South Wales (nr. Bridgend) 84.95
Walkden (nr. Manchester) 87.16
West Midlands (nr. Stourbridge) 62.37
Winterbourne (nr. Bristol) 58.16
Woodhouse (nr. Sheffield) 70.58
Bridge House (North Kensington) 74.34
Camberwell 105.20
Camden 152.17
Cedars Lodge (Clapham) 99.04
Lancelot Andrewes House (Southwark) 136.22
Pound Lodge (Willesden) 95.82
Spur House (Lewisham) 94.01
West End House (Soho) 134.86