§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claims for single payments have been received by his Department from people resident in East Lothian during 1986; what was the total sum paid to those claimants for essential and miscellaneous items, respectively; and what is his Department's estimated budget figure for single payments in East Lothian for the next financial year.
§ Mr. LyellEast Lothian is covered by the Department's Edinburgh East office but their boundaries are not coterminous. During the year ending April 1986 (the latest for which information is available) 18,404 single payment claims were received at the Edinburgh East office. Information on essential and miscellaneous items is not available. Forecasts on expenditure are prepared for Great Britain as a whole and not for any one area.