§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the temperatures used to trigger severe weather payments recorded in each of the stations relevant to the city of Nottingham for each day during the last two weeks of 1990 and those weeks in 1991 for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ScottA weather station will trigger if there has been a period of seven consecutive days, during which the average mean daily temperature is 0 deg C or less.
Watnall weather station, which covers the city of Nottingham, did not trigger on any day during the last two weeks of 1990, nor at any time during 1991 to date.
Full details of average mean daily temperatures recorded at all the weather stations can be found in the Library.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list in table form for Nottingham and for the United Kingdom(a) the total number of recipients and (b) the total values of the payments in (i) cash and (ii) constant terms, under the exceptionally severe weather payments in each year from 1980–81 to 1990–91 under the social fund exceptionally cold weather payments.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is as follows:
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The variations in numbers of annual payments made can be attributed to the mild weather experienced in certain years rather than changes in criteria and legislation.
Columns B and C relate to payments made and not to the number of recipients.