HC Deb 13 February 1989 vol 147 cc56-7W
Mr. George Howarth

To 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 Lloyd

Information 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.

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.