§ Mr. Dixonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in the Jarrow constituency received maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available; and how many women in the Jarrow constituency are expected annually to receive statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation is not available in the form requested, but in the 12 months ending April 1986, the latest year for which figures are available, 488 claims to272W maternity allowance were made at Jarrow and 807 at South Shields, the Department's offices which cover the constituency although the boundaries are not conterminous. It is not possible to predict how many women in Jarrow will qualify for statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance from April 1987. However, it is estimated that in total some 230,000 women will qualify for statutory maternity pay and 84,000 for maternity allowance in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Bagierasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Sunderland, South received maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available; and how many women in Sunderland, South are expected to receive statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation is not available in the form requested, but in the 12 months ending April 1986, the latest year for which figures are available, 1,360 claims to maternity allowance were made at Sunderland, North and 1,041 claims at Sunderland, South , the Department's offices which cover the constituency although the boundaries are not conterminous.
It is not possible to predict how many women in Sunderland, South will qualify for statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance from April 1987. However, it is estimated that in total some 230,000 women will qualify for statutory maternity pay and 84,000 for maternity allowance in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Jack Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in the Wansbeck constituency received maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MajorInformation is not available in the form requested. But in the 12 months ending April 1986, the latest year for which figures are available, 796 claims to maternity allowance were made at Ashington and 966 at Blyth, the Department's offices which cover the constituency although the boundaries are not conterminous.
§ Mr. Jack Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in the Wansbeck constituency are expected to receive statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorIt is not possible to predict how many women in Wansbeck will qualify for Statutory Maternity pay or maternity allowance from April 1987. However, it is estimated that in total some 230,000 women will qualify for statutory maternity pay and 84,000 for maternity allowance in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Walthamstow received maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available: and how many women in Walthamstow are expected to receive statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation is not available in the form requested. But in the 12 months ending April 1986, the latest year for which figures are available, 1,321 claims to maternity allowance were made at Walthamstow, the Department's office which covers the constituency although the boundaries are not conterminous.
It is not possible to predict how many women in Walthamstow will qualify for statutory maternity pay or 273W maternity allowance from April 1987. However, it is estimated that in total some 230,000 women will qualify for statutory maternity pay and 84,000 for maternity allowance in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in the parliamentary constituency of Midlothian claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available; and how many women in the parliamentary constituency of Midlothian are expected to qualify for a maternity payment from the Social Fund after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation on the number of claimants to maternity grant is not available in the precise form requested.
The Midlothian constituency is covered by the Department's office at Edinburgh South although the local office boundary is not conterminous with the constituency. The number of claims received for maternity grant at the Edinburgh, South office during the calendar year 1986 was 1,684.
It is not possible to predict how many women in Edinburgh, South will qualify for maternity payments from the social fund from April 1987.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women the in Wentworth constituency claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available and how many women in the Wentworth constituency are expected to qualify for a maternity payment from the social fund after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation on the number of claimants to maternity grant is not available in the precise form requested.
The Wentworth constituency is covered by the Department's office at Rotherham North although their boundaries are not conterminous. The number of claims received for maternity grant at Rotherham North local office in the 1986 calendar year was 769.
It is not possible to predict how many women in the Wentworth constituency will qualify for maternity payments from the Social Fund from April 1987.
§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Doncaster, North claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available; and how many women in the Donacaster, North constituency are expected to qualify in a year for a maternity payment from the Social Fund after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation on the number of claimants to maternity grant is not available in the precise form requested.
The Doncaster, North constituency is covered by the Department's offices at Doncaster, East and Doncaster, West although their boundaries are not conterminous with the constituency. The numbers of claims received for maternity grant in each of the two offices during the calendar year 1986 were as follows:
Number Doncaster, East 1,585 Doncaster, West 2,072 It is not possible to predict how many women in the Doncaster, North constituency will qualify for maternity payments from the Social Fund from April 1987.
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§ Mr. Stan Thorneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in South Ribble claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available; and how many in South Ribble are expeced to qualify for a maternity payment from the social fund after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation on the number of claimants to maternity grant is not available in the precise form requested.
The South Ribble constituency is covered by the Department's office at Preston South although their boundaries are not coterminous. The number of claims received for maternity grant in the Preston South local office in the 1986 calendar year was 2,959.
It is not possible to predict how many women in South Ribble will qualify for maternity payments from the Social Fund from April 1987.
§ Mr. Stan Thorneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Preston claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available; and how many in Preston are expected to qualify for a maternity payment from the social fund after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation on the number of claimants to maternity grant is not available in the precise form requested.
Preston constituency is covered by the Department's offices at Preston, South and Preston, North although their boundaries are not conterminous with the Preston constituency. The number of claims received for maternity grant in the two local offices in the 1986 calendar year was as follows:
Number Preston South 2,959 Preston North 672 It is not possible to predict how many women in Preston will qualify for maternity payments from the social fund from April 1987.
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MajorInformation on the number of claimants to maternity grant is not available in the precise form requested.
The Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency is covered by the Department's office at Cumbernauld although the local office boundary is not conterminous with the constituency. The number of claims received for maternity grant at the Cumbernauld office during the calendar year 1986 was 1,762.
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth are expected to qualify for a maternity payment from the social fund after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorIt is not possible to predict how many women in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth will qualify for a maternity payment from the social fund from April 1987.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Alyn and Deeside consituency claimed the maternity grant in the last year for 275W which figures are available; and how many women in Alyn and Deeside are expected to qualify for a maternity payment from the social fund after April.
§ Mr. MajorInformation on the number of claimants to maternity grant is not available in the precise form requested.
The Alyn and Deeside constituency is covered by the Department's offices at Wrexham, Shotton and Mold although their boundaries are not conterminous with the constituency. The numbers of claims received for maternity grant in each of the three offices during the calendar year 1986 were as follows:
Number Wrexham 1,813 Shotton 662 Mold 497 It is not possible to predict how many women in the constituency will qualify for maternity payments from the Social Fund from April 1987.
§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in the parliamentary constituency of Birmingham, Erdington, Birmingham, Northfield and Warwickshire, North and West Hertfordshire received maternity allowance in the last two years for which figures are available; and how many women in each of these constituencies are estimated to be eligible to receive statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation is not available in the form requested. In the 12-monthly periods ending April 1985 and April 1986, the latest years for which figures are available, the following number of claims to maternity allowance were made in each of the Department's offices in the areas covering the constituencies, although the boundaries are not conterminous.
April 1985 April 1986 Birmingham Erdington Birmingham Erdington 1,322 1,238 Birmingham Perry Barr 1,027 1,272 Birmingham Northfield Birmingham Edgbaston 1,101 1,322 Birmingham Northfield 1,698 1,215 Warwickshire North Lichfield 1,519 1,521 Birmingham Erdington 1,322 1,238 West Hertfordshire Hemel Hempstead 1,101 1,135 It is not possible to predict how many women in the constituencies will qualify for statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance from April 1987. However, it is estimated that in total some 230,000 women will qualify for statutory maternity pay and 84,000 for maternity allowance in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in the parliamentary constituency of Midlothian received maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available; and how many women in the parliamentary constituency of Midlothian are expected to receive statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance after April 1987.
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§ Mr. MajorInformation is not available in the form requested. But in the twelve months ending April 1986, the latest year for which figures are available, 1,215 claims to maternity allowance were made at Edinburgh South, the Department's office which covers the constituency although the boundaries are not conterminous.
It is not possible to predict how many women in the parliamentary constituency of Midlothian will qualify for statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance from April 1987. However, it is estimated that in total some 230,000 women will qualify for statutory maternity pay and 84,000 for maternity allowance in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in the Wentworth constituency received the maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available; and how many women in the constituency are expected to receive the statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation is not available in the form requested. But in the 12 months ending April 1986, the latest year for which figures are available, 442 claims to maternity allowance were made at Rotherham, North, the Department's office which covers the constituency although the boundaries are not conterminous.
It is not possible to predict how many women in the Westworth constituency will qualify for statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance from April 1987. However, it is estimated that in total some 230,000 women will qualify for statutory maternity pay and 84,000 for maternity allowance in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth are expected to receive statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorIt is not possible too predict how many women in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth will qualify for statutory maternity or maternity allowance form April 1987. However, it is estimated that in total some 230,000 women will qualify for statutory maternity pay and 84,000 for maternity allowance in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth received maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MajorInformation is not available in the form requested. But in the 12 months ending April 1986, the latest year for which figures are available, 1,183 claims to maternity allowance were made at Cumbernauld, the Department's office which covers the constituency although the boundaries are not conterminous.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in (a) the London borough of Newham, (b) Slough and (c) Watford claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available; and how many women in those constituencies are expected to qualify for a maternity payment from the social fund after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation on the number of claimants for maternity grant is not available in the precise form requested.
- (a) The London borough of Newham is covered by the Department's offices at Canning Town, Plaistow and Woodgrange Park although their boundaries
277 are not conterminous with the borough. - (b) The Slough constituency is dealt with by the Department's office at Slough although its boundary is not conterminous with the constituency.
- (c) The Watford constituency is covered by the Department's offices at Watford and St. Albans although its boundaries are not conterminous with the constituency.
The number of claims received for maternity grant in each of these offices during the calendar year 1986 were as follows:
Number (a) Canning Town 612 Plaistow 1,613 Woodgrange Park 1,848 (b) Slough 3,294 (c) Watford 2,271 St. Albans 1,497 It is not possible to predict how many women in those areas will qualify for maternity payments from the social fund from April 1987.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in (a) the London borough of Newham, (b) Slough and (c) Watford received maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available; and how many of these are expected to receive statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation is not available in the form requested, but in the 12 months ending April 1986, the latest year for which figures are available, the following claims to maternity allowance were made at the Department's offices, which cover the areas in the question although the boundaries are not conterminous:
Number London borough of Newham Canning Town 273 Plaistow 999 Woodgrange Park 1,101 Slough Slough 2,126 Watford Watford 1,688 St. Albans 1,056 It is not possible to predict how many women in these areas will qualify for statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance from April 1987. However, it is estimated that in total some 230,000 women will qualify for statutory maternity pay and 84,000 for maternity allowance in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Workington claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available; and how many women in Workington are expected to qualify for a maternity payment from the social fund after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation on the number of claimants to maternity grant is not available in the precise form requested.
The Workington constituency is covered by the Department's offices at Workington and Carlisle although their boundaries are not conterminous with the constituency. The numbers of claims received for maternity grant in each of the two offices during the calendar year 1986 were as follows: 278W
Number Workington 842 Carlisle 1,462 It is not possible to predict how many women in Workington will qualify for maternity payments from the social fund from April 1987.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in Workington received maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available; and how many women in Workington are expected to receive statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance after April 1987.
§ Mr. MajorInformation is not available in the form requested, but in the 12 months ending April 1986, the latest year for which figures are available, 1,042 claims to maternity allowance were made at Carlisle and 640 at Workington, the Department's offices which cover the constituency although the boundaries are not conterminous.
It is not possible to predict how many women in Workington will qualify for statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance from April 1987. However, it is estimated that in total some 230,000 women will qualify for statutory maternity pay and 84,000 for maternity allowance in 1987–88.