§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) for those offices covering the Greenock travel-to-work area, what is the total number of unemployed people claiming supplementary benefit during the last month for which figures are available; and what are the figures for the comparable month in 1984;
(2) for those offices covering the Greenock travel-to-work area, what is the total number of supplementary benefit appeals registered during the last month for which statistics are available;
(3) for those offices covering the Greenock travel-to-work area, what is the total number of supplementary benefit claimants for the last month for which statistics are available and the figure for the comparable month in 1984.
§ Mr. MajorThe numbers of people receiving supplementary benefit from the four local offices serving the Greenock travel-to-work area are set out in the following table:
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July 1985 July 1984 Unemployed Claimants All Claimants Unemployed Claimants All Claimants Greenock 4,280 11,101 4,100 10,748 Port Glasgow 2,189 5,006 2,068 4,723 Paisley 7,779 17,242 7,508 16,411 Johnstone 3,729 7,917 3,790 7,863 Source: 100% count of cases in action.
The number of supplementary benefits appeals registered during the four-week period up to 24 September 1985 was:
Number Greenock 59 Port Glasgow 12 Paisley 104 Johnstone 28