§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the number of supplementary benefit claimants in each of his Department's offices covering the Nottingham, North constituency for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. PortilloNottingham, North constituency is served by the Department's local offices at David lane and Shakespeare street, although their boundaries are not conterminous.
The numbers of supplementary benefit claimants for the years requested are :
Nottingham Date of count David lane Shakespeare street 27 November 1979 6,674 9,204 2 December 1980 7,721 9,915 9 December 1981 9,508 12,088 7 December 1982 10,604 13,731 6 December 1983 10,756 13,583 12 December 1984 11,694 14,956 11 December 1985 12,342 15,743 10 December 1986 12,962 16,279 17 November 1987 12,543 15,420 Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.