HC Deb 14 January 1987 vol 108 cc229-31W
Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio of supplementary benefit claimants to staff in (a) each local office of his Department in London, (b) the average in each social security region and (c) the national average for 1 August 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986.

Mr. Lyell

[pursuant to his reply, 15 December 1986, c. 419]: The ratio of supplementary benefit claimants to staff in (a) each local office in London, (b) the average for each social security region, and (c) the national average for 1 August 1983–86 is shown in the table.

(a)
Office 1983 1984 1985 1986
Acton ILO 123:1 146:1 165:1 145:1
Balham ILO 109:1 97:1 106:1 103:1
Barking ILO 134:1 138:1 135:1 119:1
Barnet ILO 142:1 145:1 144:1 132:1
Battersea ILO 111:5 116:1 109:1 120:1
Bexley ILO 122:1 126:1 120:1 127:1
Bloomsbury AO 112:1 109:1 107:1 77:1
Brixton ILO 116:1 114:1 96:1 109:1
Bromley ILO 113:1 128:1 134:1 125:1
Camberwell AO 118:1 118:1 102:1 96:1
Canning Town ILO 111:1 110:1 117:1 91:1
Chelsea ILO 145:1 135:1 141:1 97:1
Cricklewood ILO 136:1 129:1 144:1 138:1
Croydon ILO 115:1 114:1 117:1 123:1
Crystal Palace ILO 112:1 118:1 140:1 124:1
Ealing ILO 114:1 145:1 141:1 133:1
Edgware AO 134:1 133:1 133:1 125:1
Edmonton ILO 138:1 140:1 136:1 140:1
Eltham AO 105:1 107:1 113:1 125:1
Euston ILO 125:1 144:1 135:1 141:1
Finsbury Park ILO 122:1 136:1 121:1 131:1
Greenwich Park ILO 101:1 105:1 97:1 106:1
Hackney ILO 114:1 125:1 125:1 117:1
Harlesden ILO 122:1 121:1 124:1 122:1
Harrow ILO 123:1 135:1 138:1 121:1
Hendon ILO 139:1 143:1 158:1 147:1
Highgate ILO 120:1 123:1 137:1 129:1
Hither Green AO 104:1 98:1 93:1 118:1
Hounslow ILO 125:1 142:1 127:1 124:1
Hoxton ILO 128:1 139:1 137:1 134:1
Ilford ILO 135:1 140:1 129:1 123:1

Office 1983 1984 1985 1986
Kennington Park ILO 120:1 123:1 120:1 129:1
Kensington ILO 99:1 101:1 95:1 89:1
Kingston ILO 133:1 135:1 115:1 105:1
Lewisham ILO 114:1 112:1 113:1 105:1
Leytonstone ILO 120:1 138:1 134:1 130:1
Mitcham AO 137:1 128:1 135:1 110:1
Neasden ILO 135:1 137:1 126:1 111:1
Notting Hill ILO 98:1 111:1 143:1 129:1
Orpington ILO 104:1 113:1 120:1 102:1
Oval AO 111:1 108:1 114:1 125:1
Paddington ILO 134:1 129:1 115:1 87:1
Peckham ILO 113:1 116:1 117:1 100:1
Plaistow ILO 121:1 141:1 143:1 142:1
Poplar ILO 123:1 135:1 137:1 115:1
Romford ILO 139:1 140:1 139:1 132:1
Shoreditch AO 116:1 120:1 120:1 126:1
Southall ILO 115:1 139:1 124:1 130:1
Southwark ILO 125:1 137:1 131:1 111:1
Stepney AO 126:1 123:1 123:1 116:1
Stoke Newington ILO 103:1 119:1 125:1 121:1
Streatham ILO 99:1 102:1 108:1 110:1
Surbiton AO 120:1 119:1 121:1 113:1
Sutton AO 116:1 113:1 121:1 104:1
Thames North AO1 13:1 18:1 23:1 24:1
Thames South AO1 19:1 20:1 21:1 24:1
Tottenham ILO 129:1 120:1 122:1 108:1
Twickenham ILO 136:1 123:1 128:1 109:1
Uxbridge ILO 119:1 123:1 121:1 118:1
Walthamstow ILO 130:1 130:1 128:1 128:1
Wandsworth ILO 98:1 112:1 116:1 122:1
Westminster ILO 109:1 94:1 71:1 62:1
Wimbledon AO 110:1 112:1 137:1 117:1
Woodgrange Park ILO 131:1 121:1 132:1 123:1
Wood Green ILO 128:1 149:1 137:1 144:1
Woolwich ILO 112:1 115:1 111:1 107:1
1Deal only with lodging house cases.

Abbreviations:

ILO - Integrated Local Office;

AO - Area Office.

Note: London offices have been defined as those whose boundaries arc fully or partly contained within the old GLC area.

Region 1983 1984 1985 1986
(b)
North East 133:1 133:1 135:1 128:1

Region 1983 1984 1985 1986
Midlands 145:1 145:1 147:1 134:1
London North 129:1 134:1 136:1 126:1
London South 122:1 123:1 122:1 116:1
Wales and South West 132:1 136:1 138:1 131:1
North West 135:1 145:1 147:1 137:1
Scotland 108:1 104:1 103:1 98:1
(c)
National 130:1 132:1 133:1 124:1
1The number of claimants has been based on a 100 per cent. count of casepapers in action.
2Using a spot-date ratio may not give a representative picture for the whole year.