§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants in the north-west of England and each of the metropolitan boroughs inside the north-west were paid under the cold weather payments scheme for the last five years; how much benefit has been paid in each of the last five years; and how many claims were refused.
§ Mr. Peter LloydInformation is not collected separately for metropolitan boroughs. The table shows the information for each local office in the Department's north-west region for the winters of 1985–86 and 1986–87.
No cold weather payments were made by those offices in the winters of 1984–85 and 1987–88 nor has the trigger temperature (an average of 0 deg. C. over a seven-day period) been reached in the north-west so far this winter.
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1985–861 1986–872 1988–893 Department of Social Security local offices Number of claimants Amount paid £
Number of £5 payments made Amount paid £
Number of claims refused Number of claims refused Belle Vale 1,359 31,527.53 6,135 30,675 619 — Bootle 958 26,190.26 6,556 32,780 825 1 Breckfield 1,242 37,904.06 5,796 28,980 1,090 — City 862 22,668.39 4,109 20,545 324 — Crosby 773 24,339.32 4,732 23,660 661 — Garston 537 17,200.37 3,714 18,570 534 — Huyton 1,129 36,292.10 7,560 37,800 865 5 Kirkby 2,801 85,462.72 8,470 42,350 1,336 — Norris Green 1,043 35,251.65 2,784 13,920 761 — Toxteth 1,225 30,022.44 9,276 46,380 674 — Edgehill 410 10,655.45 2,926 14,630 687 — West Derby 950 33,159.44 3,814 19,070 580 — Macclesfield 241 6,975.00 1,569 7,845 277 — Manchester: Central 241 8,093.77 1,700 8,500 350 — Cheetham 695 24,330.33 4,749 23,745 1,192 — Chorlton 413 18,257.00 2,224 11,120 323 1 Failsworth 1,015 31,247.75 5,642 28,210 1,245 — Longsight 422 13,118.85 3,715 18,575 751 — Middleton 917 26,263.70 3,395 16,975 1,020 — Openshaw 377 9,204.40 4,671 23,355 719 3 Rusholme 355 3,911.83 3,362 16,810 446 — Sale 1,188 36,707.47 5,072 25,360 1,169 1 Wythenshawe 1,471 63,054.91 7,154 35,770 1,587 — Northwich 640 18,655.60 2,626 13,130 618 — Oldham 618 21,020.26 5,569 27,845 1,479 — Penrith 136 3,646.92 654 3,270 94 1 Preston North 544 11,958.55 4,222 21,110 487 — Preston South 364 10,273.30 3,533 17,665 430 — Rochdale 1,106 25,078.26 4,960 24,800 1,074 — Rossendale 257 7,300.41 2,022 10,110 401 — Salford North 727 24,699.78 6,358 31,790 1,932 6 Salford South 532 15,253.97 3,944 19,720 759 — Skelmersdale 355 9,081.44 3,110 15,550 428 — Southport 371 7,841.02 2,517 12,585 420 — St Helens 2,290 49,553.00 7,557 37,785 1,600 — Stockport North 844 27,663.24 4,023 20,115 841 — Stockport South 883 32,426.03 3,677 18,385 536 — Wallasey 1,341 46,500.00 5,423 27,115 834 2 Warrington 1,362 32,315.81 8,951 44,755 1,141 — Whitehaven 913 25,080.00 2,360 11,800 536 — Widnes 1,891 49,040.36 6,117 30,585 1,210 8 Wigan 1,375 26,766.00 8,389 41,945 1,489 2 Wilmslow 352 8,001.13 1,000 5,000 245 1 Workington 240 6,317.68 2,817 14,085 353 — Total 52,639 1,490,805.68 286,692 1,433,460 49,534 55 1 The number of claims refused is not known. 2 It is estimated that 143,000 claimants received payment. 3 Details of the number of claims refused in 1984–85 and 1987–88 are not available.