§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what number of people living within the Seaham and Peterlee Department of Social Security areas are in receipt of income support.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardIn August 1989 the income support live load totals in the Department's local offices at Peterlee and Seaham were 6,588 and 3,007 respectively.
Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action, which included a number of cases where benefit payments had ceased but other action was continuing. Data are provisional and subject to amendment.