Income Support

HC Deb 01 February 1989 vol 146 cc285-92W

Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the most recently available figure for the income support live load of each of his Department's offices.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The information is as follows:

Income Support Load—30 November 1988 Midlands Manual Count
Office	Total live load
Birmingham (Bradford Street)	9,487
Birmingham (Edgbaston)	15,793
Birmingham (Erdington)	14,128
Birmingham (Handsworth)	17,094
Birmingham (Ladywood)	11,185
Birmingham (Northfield)	13,487
Birmingham (Perry Bar)	12,357
Birmingham (Ravenhurst)	8,577
Birmingham (South Yardley)	18,576
Birmingham (Sparkhill)	7,408
Birmingham (Washwood Heath)	13,330
Boston	7,103
Burton-on-Trent	5,414
Cannock	7,655
Chesterfield	16,462
Corby	4,304
Coventry (East)	18,336
Coventry (West)	14,762
Derby (Becket Street)	11,393
Derby (Heritage Gate)	6,148
Derby (London Road)	12,382
Dudley (North)	16,264
Dudley (South)	8,189
Grantham	5,393
Hereford	9,045
Ilkeston	6,664
Kidderminster	8,238
Leamington	9,641
Leicester (Burley's Way)	7,175
Leicester (Lower Hill Street)	10,752
Leicester (Norton Street)	13,137
Leicester (Yeoman Street)	13,936
Lichfield	9,270
Lincoln (Newland)	9,022
Lincoln (Orchard Street)	11,662

Office	Total live load
Loughborough	7,945
Mansfield	13,022
Newcastle (Staffs)	8,016
Northampton	15,786
Nottingham (Castlegate)	11,878
Nottingham (David Lane)	10,834
Nottingham (Shakespeare Street)	13,269
Nottingham (Station Street)	14,220
Nuneaton	11,070
Redditch	8,795
Rugby	4,655
Shrewsbury	12,759
Skegness	4,672
Smethwick	15,970
Stafford	5,508
Stoke-on-Trent (North)	15,365
Stoke-on-Trent (South)	9,107
Sutton-in-Ashfield	7,437
Telford	13,145
Walsall (East)	11,346
Walsall (West)	13,024
Wellingborough	10,752
West Bromwich	17,158
Wolverhampton (North)	16,337
Wolverhampton (South)	16,224
Worcester	12,902
Worksop	8,599

Income Support Load—30 November 1988 North West Manual Count
Office	Total live load
Accrington	6,978
Ashton-under-Lyne	10,575
Barrow-in-Furness	7,716
Birkenhead (North)	15,931
Birkenhead (South)	9,712
Blackburn	13,624
Blackpool (North)	18,255
Blackpool (South)	8,895
Bolton	20,039
Burnley	14,245
Bury	12,999
Buxton	1,904
Carlisle	7,667
Chester	9,178
Crewe	9,411
Ellesmere Port	6,209
Farnworth	8,751
Hyde	9,772
Kendal	2,470
Lancaster	10,836
Leigh	8,595
Liverpool (Belle Vale)	9,694
Liverpool (Bootle)	12,290
Liverpool (Breckfield)	15,314
Liverpool (City)	7,880
Liverpool (Crosby)	10,054
Liverpool (Edgehill)	14,734
Liverpool (Garston)	8,635
Liverpool (Huyton)	14,832
Liverpool (Kirkby)	15,277
Liverpool (Norris Green)	7,490
Liverpool (Toxteth)	14,408
Liverpool (West Derby)	4,449
Macclesfield	3,932
Manchester (Central)	4,881
Manchester (Cheetham)	11,527
Manchester (Chorlton)	9,494
Manchester (Failsworth)	11,855
Manchester (Longsight)	11,051
Manchester (Middleton)	8,080
Manchester (Openshaw)	10,603
Manchester (Rusholme)	11,548

Office	Total live load
Manchester (Sale)	13,272
Manchester (Withenshawe)	12,016
Northwich	5,299
Oldham	15,854
Penrith	1,569
Preston (North)	12,838
Preston (South)	10,507
Rochdale	11,328
Rossendale	4,527
Salford (North)	14,951
Salford (South)	10,248
Skelmersdale	9,155
Southport	9,440
St. Helens	17,363
Stockport (North)	10,654
Stockport (South)	9,686
Wallasey	11,552
Warrington	15,857
Whitehaven	4,221
Widnes	14,015
Wigan	16,716
Wilmslow	2,967
Workington	5,504

Income Support Load—30 November 1988 North East Manual Count
Office	Total live load
Ashington	6,703
Barnsley (East)	9,620
Barnsley (West)	7,248
Berwick-upon-Tweed	1,909
Bishop Auckland	12,418
Blyth	7,604
Bradford (East)	12,866
Bradford (South)	11,639
Bradford (West)	11,843
Bridlington	5,432
Castleford	4,991
Chester-Le-Street	6,047
Darlington	12,652
Dewsbury	12,681
Doncaster (East)	10,164
Doncaster (West)	12,951
Durham	5,749
Eston	7,599
Gateshead	20,643
Goole	4,276
Grimsby	20,588
Halifax	14,156
Harrogate	6,457
Hartlepool	11,137
Hemsworth	4,099
Hexham	2,615
Houghton-Le-Spring	4,118
Huddersfield	14,801
Hull (East)	22,414
Hull (West)	19,332
Jarrow	7,240
Keighley	8,213
Leeds (East)	15,198
Leeds (North West)	12,994
Leeds (North)	14,778
Leeds (South)	8,448
Leeds (West)	10,790
Middlesborough	20,555
Newcastle (East)	14,269
Newcastle (St. James)	14,336
Newcastle (West)	10,031
North Shields	10,183
Northallerton	4,762
Peterlee	6,215
Pontefract	5,553
Redcar	8,531

Office	Total live load
Rotherham (North)	4,858
Rotherham (South)	16,218
Scarborough	8,737
Scunthorpe	10,870
Seaham	2,813
Sheffield (North East)	18,632
Sheffield (North West)	16,069
Sheffield (South East)	11,679
Sheffield (South West)	14,516
Skipton	2,265
South Shields	12,054
Stanley	9,473
Stockton	17,528
Sunderland (North)	18,169
Sunderland (South)	14,776
Wakefield	10,077
Wallsend	7,787
Wath-On-Dearne	7,118
York	13,501

Income Support Load—30 November 1988 London South Manual Count
Office	Total live load
Aldershot	7,633
Andover	3,482
Ashford	4,422
Basingstoke	4,704
Bognor Regis	6,352
Bracknell	6,014
Brighton	14,907
Canterbury	8,196
Chatham	8,545
Chichester	3,990
Crawley	6,414
Dover	6,084
Eastbourne	9,932
Epsom	4,175
Fareham	8,417
Folkestone	5,820
Gravesend	5,320
Guildford	7,202
Hastings	11,896
Havant	6,583
Hove	8,268
Isle of Wight	10,265
Lewes	6,183
London (Balham)	11,596
London (Battersea)	11,888
London (Bexley)	9,953
London (Bloomsbury)	4,457
London (Brixton)	9,859
London (Bromley)	6,854
London (Camberwell)	10,095
London (Chelsea)	10,272
London (City)	2,695
London (Croydon)	15,179
London (Crystal Palace)	9,872
London (Dartford)	5,293
London (Eltham)	2,448
London (Greenwich Park)	12,863
London (Hither Green)	3,623
London (Hounslow)	12,903
London (Kennington Park)	9,010
London (Kensington)	7,638
London (Kingston)	6,794
London (Lewisham)	11,488
London (Mitcham)	6,428
London (Orpington)	4,527
London (Oval)	9,952
London (Peckham)	8,467
London (Southwark)	10,696
London (Streatham)	9,620
London (Surbiton)	3,922

Office	Total live load
London (Sutton)	4,555
London (Thames South)	1,411
London (Twickenham)	4,646
London (Wandsworth)	8,309
London (Westminster)	4,356
London (Wimbledon)	6,923
London (Woolwich)	15,826
Maidstone	7,647
New Forest	6,759
Newbury	3,641
Portsmouth (North)	9,275
Portsmouth (South)	8,581
Reading	9,591
Redhill	5,969
Rochester	4,068
Sittingbourne	6,871
Slough	10,971
Southampton	19,357
Thanet	12,384
Tunbridge Wells	8,010
Winchester	4,377
Woking	7,673
Worthing	9,841

Income Support Load—30 November 1988 North East Scotland Manual Count
Office	Total live load
Aberdeen (North)	9,187
Aberdeen (South)	9,388
Airdree	6,895
Arbroath	6,319
Ayr	13,738
Bathgate	12,321
Bellshill	5,948
Campbeltown	1,475
Clydebank	6,527
Coatbridge	6,414
Cowdenbeath	4,133
Cumbernauld	9,319
Dumbarton	7,586
Dumfries	7,490
Dundee (East)	11,529
Dundee (West)	10,557
Dunfermline	5,407
East Kilbride	5,301
Edinburgh (City)	10,009
Edinburgh (East)	10,363
Edinburgh (North)	9,904
Edinburgh (South)	9,928
Edinburgh (West)	10,073
Elgin	6,022
Falkirk	12,282
Fort William	2,448
Galashiels	5,852
Glasgow (Anniesland)	10,624
Glasgow (Bridgeton)	8,083
Glasgow (City)	8,748
Glasgow (Craigton)	11,715
Glasgow (Cranston Hill)	2,138
Glasgow (Laurieston)	14,436
Glasgow (Maryhill)	9,416
Glasgow (Parkhead)	11,046
Glasgow (Patrick)	7,539
Glasgow (Provan)	12,700
Glasgow (Rutherglen)	13,121
Glasgow (Southside)	12,385
Glasgow (Springburn)	13,334
Greenock	11,423
Hamilton	14,305
Inverness	11,232
Irvine	11,459
Johnstone	7,056
Kilmarnock	8454

Office	Total live load
Kirkcaldy	10,465
Lerwick	1,035
Leven	4,978
Motherwell	10,766
Oban	1,879
Paisley	15,274
Perth	7,919
Peterhead	4,209
Port Glasgow	4,708
Stirling	10,118
Stornoway	4,366
Stanraer	2,823
Wick	4,328

Income Support Load—30 November 1988 Wales/South West Manual Count
Office	Total live load
Aberdare	5,920
Abertillery	2,791
Aberystwyth	4,149
Ammanford	2,970
Anglesey (Llangefni)	2,990
Bargoed	4,735
Barnstaple	8,450
Barry	6,613
Bath	9,538
Blackwood	3,631
Bournemouth	15,242
Bridgend	10,066
Bridgewater	6,515
Bristol (Central)	9,425
Bristol (East)	13,894
Bristol (Horfield)	5,520
Bristol (South)	12,451
Bristol (West)	6,168
Caernarfon	5,480
Caerphilly	5,587
Carmarthen	3,634
Cardiff (Central)	9,343
Cardiff (East)	12,797
Cardiff (West)	10,771
Cheltenham	8,510
Chippenham	5,102
Colwyn Bay	7,433
Cwmbran	11,331
Deeside	5,093
Devonport	10,708
Dolgellau	1,610
Ebbw Vale	6,318
Exeter	17,571
Gloucester	11,388
Haverfordwest	5,793
Holyhead	3,582
Launceston	5,026
Llanelli	7,677
Merthyr Tydfil	6,798
Morriston	7,719
Neath	5,786
Newport (Gwent)	17,171
Newton	4,406
Pembroke Dock	3,859
Penzance	7,279
Plymouth	15,512
Pontypridd	6,326
Poole	11,519
Port Talbot	5,438
Porth	4,626
Porthmadoc	2,979
Rhondda (West)	5,613
Rhyl	12,484
Salisbury	5,841
St. Austell	8,911
Stroud	6,758

Office	Total live load
Swansea	17,678
Swindon	10,589
Taunton	9,193
Torbay	19,977
Trowbridge	4,270
Truro	11,174
Weston-Super-Mare	7,520
Weymouth	7,632
Wrexham	13,148
Yeovil	6,303

Income Support Load—30 November 1988 London North Manual Count
Office	Total live load
Aylesbury	7,145
Banbury	4,711
Basildon	16,965
Bedford	10,465
Braintree	7,602
Bury St. Edmunds	8,487
Cambridge	12,241
Chelmsford	7,311
Clacton-on-Sea	6,347
Colchester	9,876
Diss	2,726
Dunstable	4,211
Grays	8,611
Great Yarmouth	9,183
Harlow	6,528
Hemel Hempstead	4,879
Hertford	6,785
High Wycombe	7,312
Ipswich	14,921
King's Lynn	14,453
London (Acton)	12,359
London (Barking)	13,344
London (Barnet)	5,878
London (Canning Town)	4,953
London (Cricklewood)	7,297
London (Ealing)	12,869
London (Edgware)	6,746
London (Edmonton)	14,574
London (Euston)	10,416
London (Finsbury Park)	16,503
London (Hackney)	14,524
London (Harlesden)	10,450
London (Harrow)	9,476
London (Hendon)	8,589
London (Highgate)	16,339
London (Hoxton)1	11,130
London (Ilford)	13,522
London (Leytonstone)	9,006
London (Neasden)	11,882
London (Notting Hill)	8,884
London (Paddington)	12,131
London (Plaistow)	10,239
London (Poplar)	13,670
London (Romford)	11,037
London (Shoreditch)	9,217
London (Southall)	9,359
London (Stepney)	8,404
London (Stoke Newington)	8,468
London (Thames North)	1,503
London (Tottenham)1	15,067
London (Uxbridge)	6,603
London (Walthamstow)	11,641
London (Watford)	6,926
London (Wood Green)	7,513
London (Woodgrange Park)	13,701
Lowestoft	7,218
Luton	12,256
Milton Keynes	9,702
Norwich (Chantry)	12,834

Office	Total live load
Norwich (Mountergate)	13,618
Oxford	15,842
Peterborough	17,432
Southend-on-Sea	15,673
St. Albans	5,844
Stevenage	9,396
1 Data are provisional and subject to amendment.