§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of claimants in receipt of (a) sickness benefit, (b) invalidity benefit/pension, (c) industrial disablement benefit and (d) non-contributory invalidity pension/housewives' non-contributory invalidity pension or severe disablement allowance for the latest available year at Doncaster, Wath-on-Dearne and Mexborough Department of Health and Social Security offices.
§ Mr. MajorWath-on-Dearne local office deals only with claims for supplementary benefit. The number of
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§ Mr. MajorThe table shows, for the categories of claimants specified, numbers of single payments and urgent needs payments made in the year up to 8 April 1986 by the Doncaster and Wath-on-Dearne offices.
The office at Mexborough does not deal with supplementary benefit claimants who are handled by Wath-on-Dearne office.
Comparable information about the number of claimants with dependent children is not available.
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 Doncaster (East), Doncaster (West) and Mexborough Department of Health and Social Security offices is as follows:—
Doncaster East Doncaster West Mexborough Sickness and Invalidity Benefit/Pension 3,457 4,805 1,642 Severe Disablement Allowance 513 925 195 Industrial Disablement Benefit 1,556 2,510 747 Separate records are not kept of the number of claimants in receipt of sickness and invalidity benefit/pension