§ Dr. Godmanasked 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 the Greenock and Port Glasgow offices of his Department.
§ Mr. MajorThe 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 the Greenock and Port Glasgow social security offices is as follows:
Greenock Port Glasgow Sickness and invalidity benefit/pension 3,892 1,705 Severe disablement allowance 459 251 Industrial disablement benefit 560 391 Separate records are not kept of the numbers of claimants in receipt of sickness and invalidity benefit/pension.
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) 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 the Greenock and Port Glasgow offices of his Department;
169W(2) 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 the Greenock and Port Glasgow offices of his Department.
§ Mr. MajorI regret that this information is not available. Statistics are not kept routinely so that the information requested could be obtained only by a special exercise, which would be disproportionately expensive.
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of (a) single payments and (b) urgent needs payments, weekly and one-off, paid to claimants who (i) are under pensionable age and are not
Greenock ILO Port Glasgow ILO A. Single payments Claimants under pensionable age not required to register for work Number of Payments 5,130 3,395 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 1,593 2,241 Average amount £87.72 £74.96 Claimants under pensionable age required to register for work Number of Payments 5,325 4,398 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 1,138 1,953 Average amount £92.36 £92.84 Claimants over pensionable age Number of Payments 2,560 1,035 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 735 819 Average amount £41.58 £64.88 B. Urgent needs payments Claimants under pensionable age not required to register for work Number of Payments 441 97 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 137 64 Claimants under pensionable age required to register for work Number of Payments 415 279 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 89 124 Claimants over pensionable age Number of Payments 28 4 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 8 3 Abbreviation ILO=Integrated Local Office. The amounts of urgent needs payments are not recorded. The number of awards of single payments and urgent needs payments for the year ending April 1986 have been set against the count of live cases in action as at 12 February 1986 to arrive at a rate per 1,000 claimants. These are the latest available figures.