§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish tables using the data and assumptions in his answer to the hon. Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Madden) on 22 June,Official Report, columns 575–80, but using expenditure and benefit figures appropriate for similar families in Newcastle upon Tyne together with a column showing the extent of the differences that would have resulted from the April benefit changes.
§ Mr. Nicholas Scott[holding answer 11 July 1988]: I have today placed the appropriate tables in the Library.
§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish tables using the data and assumptions in his answer to the hon. Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Madden) on 22 June,Official Report, columns 575–80, but using expenditure and benefit figures appropriate for similar families in (a) Wear Valley district council, (b) Derwentside district council and (c) Durham county together with a column showing the extent of the differences that would have resulted from the April benefit changes.
§ Mr. Scott[holding answer 25 July 1988]: The information requested for Wear Valley district council and Derwentside district council has been placed in the Library. I regret that similar tables cannot however, be prepared for Durham county.