§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information is available on the numbers and total value of supplementary benefit single payments made in each social security office in Northern Ireland from 1 January to 10 April 1988 and from 11 April 1988.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 20 February 1989]: The available information is as follows:
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Single payments from 11 April 1988 to 31 December 1988 Social security office Number Amount£ Andersonstown 4,018 739,192.15 Antrim 2,831 253,469.08 Armagh 3,607 455,148.99
Social security office Number Amount £ Ballymena 1,518 157,518.65 Ballymoney 1,115 123,64761 Ballynahinch 128 15,018.83 Banbridge 1,721 193,304.54 Bangor 332 36,870.38 Carrickfergus 437 40,37232 Coleraine 2,224 260,900.73 Cookstown 1,891 387,12535 Corporation St. 6,714 842,364.54 Downpatrick 1,006 109,188.11 Dungannon 3,876 1,152,194.82 Enniskillen 4,750 731,23313 Falls Road 5,756 658,433.29 Holywood Road 3,231 480,851.84 Kilkeel 553 69,13621 Knockbreda 1,096 97,950.85 Lame 522 53,626.13 Limavady 1,845 262,925.72 Lisburn 1,918 263,77980 Londonderry 11,069 2,330,529.55 Lurgan 4,391 744,72525 Magherafelt 2,915 802,960.59 Newcastle 686 78,371.09 Newry 9,423 1,016,837.59 Newtownabbey 2,244 188,745.75 Newtownards 638 81,780.30 Omagh 3,121 672,624.40 Portadown 2,811 312,845.44 Shaftesbury Square 2,475 253,196.47 Shankill 815 71,894.19 Strabane 3,073 654,48135 Totals 94,750 14,593,245.04 Note: The figures are incomplete because of industrial action at some Social Security Office
Single payments from 13 January 1988 to 8 April 1988 Social security office Number Amount £ Andersonstown 4,483 706,19439 Antrim 5,447 452,190.87 Armagh 3,922 385,629.44 Ballymena 3,260 284,98033 Ballymoney 1,590 186,41638 Ballynahinch 443 43,03503 Banbridge 2,408 226,343.31 Bangor 1,442 138,71703 Carrickfergus 1,494 137,838.02 Coleraine 2,736 288,248.64 Cookstown 1,665 314,563.92 Corporation Street 8,050 861,205.41 Downpatrick 1,479 158,98596 Dungannon 2,049 362,457.16 Enniskillen 1,993 185,05232 Falls Road 8,232 841,834.82 Holywood Road 4,304 364,150.08 Kilkeel 691 83,290.10 Knockbreda 2,109 173,064.98 Lame 2,279 174,39466 Limavady 2,856 299,271.32 Lisburn 4,940 609,19436 Londonderry 4,006 546,109.94 Lurgan 3,714 577,27486 Magherafelt 2,080 359,551.61 Newcastle 1,285 101,22030 Newry 7,697 867,90956 Newtownabbey 1,458 122,407.21 Newtownards 762 80,19429 Omagh 2,130 293,522.55 Portadown 2,865 291,23431 Shaftesbury Square 6,695 585,880.59 Shankill 3,605 331,62787 Strabane 1,948 306,526.26 Totals 106,117 11,740,517.88