§
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. |
404W
| 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 |