HC Deb 08 July 1988 vol 136 cc790-1W
Mr. Hume

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many single payments claims made under supplementary benefit regulations are still outstanding in each social security office in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 7 July 1988]: At 24 June 1988 the number of outstanding claims for single payments in each social security office was as shown in the following table.

Social Security Office Number outstanding
Andersontown 689
Antrim Nil
Armagh 878
Ballymena 5
Ballymoney 59
Ballynahinch 4
Banbridge 11
Bangor Nil
Carrickfergus Nil
Coleraine Nil
Cookstown 102
Corporation Street 544
Downpatrick 20
Dungannon 544
Enniskillen 1,839
Falls 278
Holywood Road 32
Kilkeel Nil
Knockbreda 20
Larne Nil
Limavady Nil
Lisburn 16
Londonderry 7,947
Lurgan 472
Magherafelt 865
Newcastle 4
Newry 783
Newtownabbey Nil
Newtownards Nil
Omagh 1,033
Portadown 220
Shaftesbury Square Nil
Shankill 50
Strabane 2,031
TOTAL 18,446

Mr. Hume

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the number and total value of single payments in each social security office in Northern Ireland in 1987.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 7 July 1988]: The available information is as follows:

Supplementary Benefit Single Payments for the Period 17 December 1986 to 15 December 1987
Social security office Number Amount (£)
Andersonstown 15,138 1,677,176
Antrim 11,138 769,536
Armagh 7,990 518,146
Ballymena 9,120 567,965
Ballymoney 7,323 389,030
Ballynahinch 1,281 68,237
Banbridge 4,460 258,268
Bangor 4,670 261,924
Carrickfergus 5,251 288,573
Coleraine 9,270 633,426
Cookstown 5,200 391,630
Corporation Street 22,034 1,876,631
Downpatrick 4,637 311,747
Dungannon 8,886 649,913
Enniskillen 8,671 420,607
Falls Road 20,138 1,617,754
Holywood Road 13,085 797,532
Kilkeel 1,777 90,959
Knockbreda 7,302 400,559
Larne 4,533 261,783
Limavady 4,255 262,293
Lisburn 16,094 1,379,345
Londonderry 22,334 1,943,620
Lurgan 13,674 1,642,798
Magherafelt 8,881 758,994
Newcastle 2,486 120,164
Newry 15,268 1,238,069
Newtownabbey 7,900 415,698
Newtownards 4,194 226,982
Omagh 7,882 609,979
Portadown 5,928 361,383
Shaftesbury Square 14,020 1,082,831
Shankill 9,901 685,429
Strabane 9,295 831,542
Total 314,016 23,810,523

Note: Because of industrial action in June 1987 the figures are incomplete, 6 offices having failed to provide information.

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