HC Deb 19 October 1988 vol 138 cc890-1W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing the numbers of unemployed people in Burnley by entitlement to benefit for the years 1981, 1984, 1986 and 1987 and distinguishing between the following(a) unemployment benefit only, (b) supplementary and unemployment benefit, (c) supplementary benefit only, and (d) no benefit.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The numbers of people registered as unemployed in Burnley by entitlement to benefit for the years11982, 1984, 1986 and 1987 were:

appeal tribunals in the United Kingdom from applicants who suffered from multiple sclerosis, as a percentage of the total applications heard by the tribunals in the same period, together with the percentage of applications from multiple sclerosis applicants during the same period whose appeals were upheld.

Mr. Scott

I regret that it is not possible to provide information about the number of claims received from people suffering from specific diagnostic conditions.