§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will publish in due course his social fund allocations for each office in Northern Ireland, with figures for the number of claimants at each office in Northern Ireland, and express the social fund sums for each office as a sum per head for the claimants of each office; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe budget for the discretionary part of the Northern Ireland social fund for 1988–89, its first year of operation, will be £21.1 million. Of this, some £7.2 693W million will be for community care grants, £13–7 million for loans and just under £0–2 million will be held back as
Allocation For Social Security Office Caseload (July 1987) Loans Grants Total Per Capita £ £ £ £ Andersonstown 7,754 905,619 471,353 1,376,972 178 Antrim 5,487 435,034 227,975 663,009 121 Armagh 5,078 322,985 170,219 493,204 97 Ballymena 6,547 379,364 199,742 579,106 88 Ballymoney 4,358 271,671 142,756 414,427 95 Ballynahinch 1,502 41,788 22,590 64,378 43 Banbridge 3,358 159,069 84,721 243,790 73 Bangor 4,848 177,038 94,874 271,912 56 Carrickfergus 3,078 165,336 87,156 252,492 82 Coleraine 6,066 428,571 224,795 653,366 108 Cookstown 3,586 260,206 136,787 396,993 111 Corporation Street 12,596 1,078,670 565,760 1,644,430 131 Downpatrick 2,797 164,193 86,599 250,792 90 Dungannon 6,137 405,542 213,702 619,244 101 Enniskillen 8,490 301,787 161,813 463,600 55 Falls Road 9,390 753,462 392,588 1,146,050 122 Holywood Road 9,286 489,148 258,404 747,552 81 Kilkeel 1,480 58,162 31,118 89,280 60 Knockbreda 6,657 253,421 137,060 390,481 59 Larne 2,965 163,604 85,372 248,976 84 Limavady 3,227 142,863 73,986 216,849 67 Lisburn 6,694 730,380 385,532 1,115,912 167 Londonderry 15,901 1,164,923 606,217 1,771,140 111 Lurgan 6,100 848,299 445,083 1,293, 82 212 Magherafelt 5,289 435,749 229,896 665,645 126 Newcastle 1,941 76,819 40,816 117,635 61 Newery 9,748 697,358 366,163 1,063,521 104 Newtownabbey 5,941 273,545 143,538 417,083 70 Newtownards 3,910 142,875 76,297 219,172 56 Omagh 6,039 395,880 208,563 604,443 100 Portadown 3,992 209,130 111,211 320,341 80 Shaftesbury Square 8,152 584,247 305,219 889,466 109 Shankill 5,328 381,282 201,247 582,529 109 Strabane 6,039 402,120 210,940 613,060 102
§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement giving his reasons why the social fund allocations for Northern Ireland were not announced along with those for Great Britain, pursuant to his answer of 17 November,Official Report, column 532, to the hon. Member for Belfast, South.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information was not available.