§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of claimants of funeral grant for each year since 1979 at the Highgate and Finsbury Park offices of his Department.
§ Mr. MajorThe information relating to the number of claims to death grant received in the years from April 1980 to date is as follows; figures for the year commencing April 1979 are no longer available:
Highgate Finsbury Park 1980–81 1,327 947 1981–82 938 882 1982–83 1,256 1,108 1983–84 1,109 1,028 1984–85 1,116 883 1985–86* 1,311 716 * To 14 January 1986.