§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the average number of claimants of(a) income support, (b) unemployment benefit and (c) family credit, at each box in each of the district offices of the Department of Health and Social Services, in each month during 1988 and 1989.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 16 January 1990]: Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However the most recent figures for the average numbers of unemployed claimants by box in each social security office in Northern Ireland are as follows:
Numbers of unemployed at 14 December 1989 Social Security office Average number of claimants per box Andersontown 169 Antrim 236 Armagh 216 Ballymena 125 Ballymoney 171 Ballynahinch 49 Banbridge 153 Bangor 247 Carrickfergus 115 Coleraine 367 Cookstown 229 Corporation Street 209 Downpatrick 189 Dungannon 229 Enniskillen 238 Falls 234 Holywood Road 237 Kilkeel 92 Knockbreda 213 Larne 207 Limavady 144 Lisburn 1 168 Londonderry 202 Lurgan 189 Magherafelt 198 Newcastle 230 Newry 211 Newtownabbey 384 Newtownards 341 Omagh 345 Portadown 162 Shaftesbury Square 228 Shankill 250 Strabane 181 1 Figures at 11 January 1990.