HC Deb 02 May 1986 vol 96 cc509-10W
Mr. Chris Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of claimants in receipt of (a) sickness benefit, (b) invalidity benefit and pension, (c) industrial disablement benefit, (d) non-contributory invalidity pension-housewives non-contributory invalidity pension or severe disablement allowance for the latest available year at (a) Bloomsbury, (b) Finsbury Park, (c) Highgate, (d) Hoxton and (e) Stoke Newington Department of Health and Social Security area offices.

Mr. Major

Bloomsbury local office deals only with claims for supplementary benefit. The number of claimants in receipt of sickness and invalidity benefit-pension and severe disablement allowance as at 8 April 1986, and in receipt of industrial disablement benefit as at 11 February 1986 (the latest dates for which information is available) at(a) Finsbury Park, (b) Highgate, (c) Hoxton and (d) Stoke Newington social security offices is as follows:

Sickness and invalidity benefits pension Severe disablement allowance Industrial disablement benefit
Finsbury Park 1,867 216 177
Highgate 2,085 359 330
Hoxton 1,495 250 195
Stoke Newington 1,839 168 115

Separate records are not kept of the number of claimants in receipt of sickness and invalidity benefit-pension.

Mr. Chris Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the number of claimant couples with children in receipt of (a) unemployment benefit only, (b) supplementary benefit only and (c) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit for the latest available year at (a) Bloomsbury, (b) Finsbury Park, (c) Highgate, (d) Hoxton and (e) Stoke Newington Department of Health and Social Security area offices; (2) what is the number of claimants excluding pensioner claimants and claimants with dependent children, in receipt of (a) unemployment benefit only, (b) supplementary benefit only and (c) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit for the latest available year at Bloomsbury, Finsbury Park, Highgate, Hoxton, and Stoke Newington area offices of his Department.

Mr. Major

I regret that this information is not available centrally, Statistics are not kept routinely so that the information requested could be obtained only by a special exercise which would be disproportionately expensive.