HC Deb 30 January 1990 vol 166 c122W
Mr Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security which local authorities have received and processed the most applications for transitional payments as a percentage of housing benefit payments they make.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

[holding answer 14 December 1989]Applications for housing benefit transitional payments were received and processed at the transitional payments unit in Glasgow. The 20 local authority areas from which the largest number of applications were received expressed as a percentage of estimated housing benefit caseload is as follows:

Per cent.
Monklands 41
Hamilton 35
East Kilbride 33
Motherwell 32
Glasgow 32
Waltham Forest 31
Inverclyde 30
South Tyneside 30
East Lothian 28
Ipswich 28
East Staffordshire 28
Bromsgrove 25
City of London 25
Cumbernauld 25
Irvine (DC) 25
Daventry 25
Cumnock and Doon 24
Wychavon 23
Warrington 23
Newham 22

Source:

  1. 1. Estimate of housing benefit caseload using local authorities management information system returns for 1988–89.
  2. 2. Transitional payments unit statistical data.