§ Mr. Humeasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available to indicate the total number and total value of exceptionally severe weather payments made in each social security office in Northern Ireland in 1986.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe available information is as follows:
Exceptionally severe weather payments 1986 Social security office Number Amount£ Andersonstown 2,782 112,376.07 Antrim 1,900 65,458.98 Armagh 1,747 58,918.92 Ballymena 1,443 51,439.13 Ballymoney 1,646 56,281.98 Ballynahinch 290 7,862.00 Banbridge 966 32,253.74 Bangor 401 11,125.01 Carrickfergus 981 31,140.17 Coleraine 1,619 56,597.64 Cookstown 1,499 32,235.79 Corporation Street 4,004 153,995.53 Downpatrick 735 20,747.02 176W
Temperature data: 12 January 1987—18 January 1987 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Weekly mean Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Aldergrove 0.0 -4.5 -6.0 -4.0 -6.9 -1.1 -4.3 0.5 -1.7 1.7 1.1 3.7 1.5 4.0 1.6 Lisburn 0.3 -4.0 -5.2 -3.5 -6.6 -1.0 -3.8 0.3 -1.6 2.1 1.2 4.1 1.9 4.5 2.0 Carmoney -0.2 -4.1 -6.0 -3.8 -7.0 -1.5 -4.8 0.2 -1.6 1.0 0.0 3.2 0.4 3.3 -0.4 Carrigans -0.6 -4.5 -6.5 -5.3 -8.5 -2.2 -6.1 -0.3 -3.0 1.4 0.7 2.6 0.1 3.4 0.2
Social security office Number Amount£ Dungannon 2,168 80,088.97 Enniskillen 2,363 64,358.37 Falls Road 3,736 139,503.69 Holywood Road 2,087 74,336.32 Kilkeel 450 16,417.13 Knockbreda 1,120 45,445.77 Larne 971 22,529.71 Limavady 1,488 36,794.87 Lisburn 1,608 52,401.56 Londonderry 6,153 236,270.43 Lurgan 1,705 64,258.01 Magherafelt 1,887 80,976.50 Newcastle 486 16,609.27 Newry 3,813 97,814.10 Newtownabbey 1,877 67,504.38 Newtownards 1,241 38,716.97 Omagh 1,706 46,302.77 Portadown 1,260 40,473.66 Shaftesbury Square 1,203 37,807.53 Shankill 1,600 54,391.48 Strabane 2,011 84,479.86 Totals 60,946 2,087,913.33 Note: The figures relate to payments during the period 12 March 1986 to 16 December 1986. Information for the remainder of the year is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Humeasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what weeks in 1986 were declared as periods of exceptionally severe weather; and which of those weeks had average temperatures of or lower than (a) 0 deg C or (b) minus 1.5 deg C in any area of Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe declaration in effect covered four weeks from 3 February 1986 to 2 March 1986. During that period the average weekly temperature did not fall below 0 deg C at any of the weather stations (at Aldergrove, Lisburn, Carmoney and Carrigans) now designated for exceptionally cold weather payments purposes. At two of the stations only (Lisburn and Carmoney) the average reached 0 deg C (during week commencing 24 February 1986).
§ Mr. Humeasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available to indicate for the weeks 5 January to 11 January and 12 January to 18 January 1987 the daily mean temperature, the minimum night temperature and the weekly mean temperature for each weather station in Northern Ireland, designated for measuring temperatures for exceptionally severe weather payments.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information is as follows:
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Temperature data: 5 January 1987—11 January 1987 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Weekly mean Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Daily mean Minimum night Aldergrove 2.0 5.0 3.4 3.9 2.3 -0.3 -5.2 0.0 -4.7 3.1 0.7 3.5 3.1 -0.8 -1.2 Lisburn 1.5 5.1 3.8 3.5 1.0 -0.8 -6.0 -0.1 -6.0 0.6 -4.0 3.7 3.4 -0.6 -1.0 Carmoney 2.2 4.9 3.0 4.6 3.5 0.9 -1.2 1.8 -1.0 2.5 0.2 1.8 -0.4 -0.8 -1.4 Carrigans 1.9 4.7 2.8 3.3 1.0 0.0 -3.5 0.1 -3.9 3.3 0.9 3.5 2.1 -0.9 -1.5