§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the number of recipients of supplementary benefit heating allowances prior to April; and if he will list them by category of claim.
§ Mr. PortilloThe latest information from which the number of supplementary benefit claimants receiving weekly heating additions can be extracted shows that 2,829,000 claimants are receiving a heating addition. The number of heating additions in payments broken down by category of heating addition is as follows:
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Numbers (000s) Feb' 86 figures Rate from July 1986 (£) Basic rate (including age related) 1,189 2.20
Numbers (000s) Feb' 86 figures Rate from July 1986 (£) Higher rate (including disabled persons heating addition) 681 5.55 Central heating addition— 1–4 rooms 401 2.20 5 or more rooms 571 4.40 Estate rate heating addition— 1–4 rooms 51 4.40 5 or more rooms 13 8.80 Others (amenity charges etc) 21 — TOTAL 12,927 Source: 1986 Annual Statistical Enquiry. 1 In certain cases more than one heating addition may be payable to the claimant.