§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide information for each of his Department's offices at Bradford and Keighley on total expenditure on supplementary single payments and number of payments granted for the periods (i) January 1985 to December 1985, (ii) January 1986 to December 1986, (iii) August 1985 to July 1986 and (iv) August 1986 to July 1987.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 2 December 1987] Information about single payment expenditure and the number of payments made for each of the Department's offices in Bradford and Keighley is given in the tables.
Table I Number of payments 1984–85 1985–86 11986–87 11987–88 Bradford East 16,818 19,614 14,362 2,090 Bradford South 12,167 14,962 12,249 1,919 Bradford West 12,208 15,644 13,320 2,175 Keighley 5,516 6,271 6,319 1,183
Table 2 Expenditure 1984–85 1985–86 11986–87 11987–88 Bradford East 1,199,016 1,595,387 1,219,857 181,569 Bradford South 769,691 1,052,278 916,405 147,769 Bradford West 1,215,077 1,358,779 1,149,496 196,967 Keighley 398,713 497,612 461,145 86,541 Notes: 1 Figures for 1986–87 and 1987–88 are provisional and subject to amendment. 1. Information is given for the year April to April.
2. Figures for 1987–88 are given for the period 8 April 1987 to 28 July 1987.