§ Mr. Raynsfordasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many recipients of supplementary benefit have (a) claimed and (b) received assistance towards mortgage interest payments in each year from 1976 to 1985; what was the total cost of such payments; and what was the average payment per claimant.
§ Mr. NewtonInformation is not available in the precise form requested. Information on the number of supplementary benefit recipients where the assessment of their benefit includes an allowance towards mortgage
Area/District Hospital Amounts received £ million Number of beds Bedfordshire Daneswood Convalescent Home 0.262 44 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Temple Hill House 0.777 18 Brent Leamington Park — 95 Barnet West Hendon 6.7 134 North Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire Maternity — 85 Victoria All Saints — 45 Victoria Vincent Square Day — 18 Paddington and North Kensington Chepstow Lodge *2.75 47 Hereford Lodge 43 Hounslow and Spelthorne St. John's 0.62 33 Hillingdon St. John's — 102 North Bedfordshire Park — 38 South Bedfordshire Priory — 36 * Includes property at Pembridge Square.