§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the answer of 3 December,Official Report, column 693, whether he will publish a table showing the social fund loans and grants allocations for each area office expressed as a percentage of the payments made for single payments in each area office for 1986; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 16 December 1987]: The information is as follows:
SSO Single payments11986 Social fund loans and grants 1988–89 (3) expressed as percentage (1) (2) (3) (4) £ £ Andersonstown 2,298,521 1,376,972 60 Antrim 1,253,083 663,009 53 Armagh 914,911 493,204 54 Ballymena 635,425 579,106 91 Ballymoney 759,696 414,427 55 Ballynahinch 114,153 64,378 56 Banbridge 424,216 243,790 57 Bangor 413,752 271,912 66 Carrickfergus 475,163 252,492 53 Coleraine 978,351 653,366 67 Cookstown 973,415 396,993 41 Corporation Street 3,247,973 1,644,430 51 Downpatrick 556,248 250,792 45 Dungannon 1,433,018 619,244 43 Enniskillen 863,176 463,600 54 Falls Road 2,382,309 1,146,050 48 Holywood Road 1,553,183 747,552 48 Kilkeel 124,916 89,280 71 Knockbreda 621,101 390,481 63 Lame 502,590 248,976 50 Limavady 594,168 216,849 36 Lisburn 2,129,543 1,115,912 52 Londonderry 3,557,133 1,771,140 50 Lurgan 1,783,486 1,293,382 73 Magherafelt 1,834,339 665,645 36 Newcastle 302,765 117,635 39 Newry 1,849,537 1,063,521 58 Newtownabbey 1,003,436 417,083 42 Newtonwnards 338,745 219,172 65 Omagh 1,277,358 604,443 47 Portadown 861,234 320,341 37 Shaftesbury Square 1,602,659 889,466 55 Shankill 952,237 582,529 61 Strabane 1,633,498 613,060 38 1 15 December 1985 to 16 December 1986. The allocations for 1988–89 reflect the distribution of single payments and caseloads at social security offices during the period 16 December 1986 to 28 July 1987.