§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the number of (a) single payments and (b)urgent needs payments, weekly and one-off, paid to
377Wclaimants who are (i) under pensionable age and are not required to register for work, (ii) persons under pensionable age required to register for work and (iii) persons over pensionable age; and what is (x) the average rate per 1,000 claimants in i, ii and iii, (y) the average payment made to claimants in i, ii and iii and (z) the number of claimants in i, ii and iii with dependent children for the latest available year at Doncaster, Wath-on-Dearne and Mexborough Department of Health and Social Security offices.
A—Single payments Doncaster East Doncaster West Wath-on-Dearne Claimants under pensionable age not required to register for work Number of payments 5,615 8,030 4,972 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 1,675 1,968 2,050 Average amount £82.65 £85.91 £78.10 Claimants under pensionable age required to register for work Number of payments 7,916 11,156 5,933 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 1,466 1,623 1,572 Average amount £78.19 £86.63 £79.97 Claimants over pensionable age Number of payments 901 1,034 1,160 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 314 298 587 Average amount £50.65 £63.92 £46.53
B—Urgent needs payments* Doncaster East Doncaster West Wath-on-Dearne Claimants under pensionable age not required to register for work Number of payments 247 259 142 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 74 63 59 Claimants under pensionable age required to register for work Number of payments 398 230 162 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 74 33 43 Claimants over pensionable age Number of payments 6 3 3 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 2 1 2 * 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.