§ Mr. LoydenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many cold weather payments have been made so far during the 1989–90 winter; which Department of Social Security offices made such payments; and which weather stations covered these Departments of Social Security offices.
§ Mr. ScottThe latest information available relates to the two months ending 31 December 1989, by which time social fund cold weather payments totalling £73,500 had been made. The national climatological message (NCM) stations that have had an average temperature of 0 deg C for a seven-day period during this winter and the Department's local offices linked to them are shown in the table:
NCM Station and Local Office
- Glasgow Airport
- Airdrie
- Bellshill
- Clydebank
- Coatbridge
- Dumbarton
- East Kilbride
- Glasgow;
- Anniesland
- Bridgeton
- City
- Craigton
- Cranstonhill
- Cumbernauld
- Laurieston
- Maryhill
- Parkhead
- Partick
- Provan
- Rutherglen
- South Side
- Springburn
- Greenock
- Hamilton
- Johnstone
- Motherwell
- Paisley
- Port Glasgow
- Gatwick Airport
- Crawley
- Epsom
- Guildford
- Redhill
- Tunbridge Wells
- Woking
- Easthampstead
- Aldershot
- Basingstoke
- Bracknell
- Newbury
- Reading
- Dumfries (Drungans)
- Dumfries
- Fort William
- Fort William
- Oban
87 - Kinloss
- Elgin
- Invernes
- Lerwick
- Lerwick