§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in each regional and islands authority area in Scotland are in receipt of payments from the independent living fund; and what is the total amount paid from the fund in each of the said areas.
§ Mr. ScottThe information as at 8 May 1992, the last date for which it is available, is in the table.
Area Number of clients Total amount of weekly payments £ Highland Grampian 37 3,092 Grampian 73 8,281 Tayside Fife 56 4,288 Fife 93 7,946 Lothian 252 27,577 Central 52 4,607 Borders 25 2,403 Strathclyde 1,655 153,518 Dumfries and Galloway 23 2,600 Orkneys 2 137 Shetlands 4 567 Western Isles 38 2,264 TOTALS 2,310 217,280