§
Mr. Scott
[holding answer 17 June 1992]: The most recent available figures, based on information for April 1992 from Benefits Agency districts, is in the table.
| Number of refusals classified as inability to repay |
| District name |
Number |
| Bankside |
47 |
| Barking and Havering |
15 |
| Barnet |
16 |
| Barnsley DMU |
16 |
| Bedfordshire |
13 |
| Berkshire |
20 |
| Birmingham Chamberlain |
29 |
| Birmingham Heartlands |
23 |
| Birmingham North West |
31 |
| Birmingham South East |
7 |
| Birmingham South West |
32 |
| Blackburn and Accrington |
34 |
| Blackpool |
13 |
| Bolton |
14 |
| Bradford |
60 |
| Bristol Severnside |
32 |
| Brunel |
23 |
| Buckinghamshire |
21 |
| Burnley/Pendle/Rossendale |
3 |
| Cambridgeshire |
30 |
| Canterbury and Thanet |
9 |
| Central Derbyshire |
19 |
| Central Staffordshire |
11 |
| Channel |
4 |
| Cheshire North West and Central |
13 |
| Cheshire East |
8 |
| Chesterfield and Worksop |
11 |
| City East |
12 |
| Clyde Coast and Cowal |
20 |
| Clyde Valley |
46 |
| Coatbridge |
88 |
| Cornwall |
78 |
| Coventry |
28 |
| Cumbria North |
16 |
| Cynon Merthyr Rhymney Valley |
19 |
| Derbyshire South |
13 |
| Devonia |
9 |
| Doncaster DMU |
12 |
| Dorset |
28 |
| Durham North |
13 |
433W
| District name |
Number |
| Durham South |
46 |
| Ealing |
21 |
| East Lowlands |
22 |
| East Nottinghamshire |
14 |
| East Sussex |
8 |
| Essex South East |
25 |
| Essex South West |
21 |
| Euston |
25 |
| Fife |
32 |
| Forth Valley |
22 |
| Fulham |
32 |
| Glamorgan South |
18 |
| Glasgow South West |
102 |
| Glasgow Anniesland |
35 |
| Glasgow City |
16 |
| Glasgow East |
116 |
| Glasgow Laurieston |
78 |
| Gloucester |
18 |
| Grampian and Shetland |
14 |
| Gwent North and Brecon |
15 |
| Gwyneddigion |
5 |
| Hackney and Islington |
33 |
| Halifax |
25 |
| Hampshire North |
23 |
| Harrow and Hillingdon |
12 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
26 |
| Highlands and Islands |
13 |
| Hounslow and Kingston |
6 |
| Hull |
34 |
| Irvine |
15 |
| Kent North |
12 |
| Kirklees MDU |
15 |
| Knowsley |
21 |
| Lancaster |
9 |
| Lea Roding |
10 |
| Leaside |
27 |
| Leeds North |
22 |
| Leeds South |
19 |
| Leicestershire North |
19 |
| Lewisham and Brixton |
65 |
| Lincolnshire |
2 |
| Liverpool Central |
17 |
| Liverpool North |
32 |
| Liverpool South |
19 |
| Lomond and Argyll |
17 |
| London Central |
3 |
| Lothian Central |
33 |
| Lothian West |
36 |
| Manchester Central |
25 |
| Manchester North |
12 |
| Mid Wales and Maelor |
31 |
| Neasden |
30 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
25 |
| Newham |
27 |
| North and East Hertfordshire |
12 |
| North Essex |
14 |
| North Staffordshire |
25 |
| North Tyneside |
20 |
| North Wales Coast |
8 |
| North Yorkshire |
18 |
| Northamptonshire |
9 |
| Northumberland |
7 |
| Norwich |
25 |
| Nottinghamshire North |
3 |
| Nottinghamshire West |
12 |
| Ogwr Afan Nedd |
9 |
| Oldham |
14 |
| Oxfordshire |
19 |
| Preston |
19 |
| Renfrew |
28 |
| Rother and Dearne |
14 |
| South East Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
17 |
| Salford |
13 |
| Sandwell |
12 |
| Sefton |
23 |
| Sheffield East |
11 |
| Sheffield West |
62 |
| Shropshire |
16 |
434W
| District name |
Number |
| Solent and Forest |
19 |
| Somerset |
8 |
| South Cheshire |
27 |
| South Devon |
46 |
| South Downs |
27 |
| South Gwent and Islwyn |
10 |
| South Humberside |
12 |
| South Leicestershire |
27 |
| South Manchester |
29 |
| South West Lancs |
15 |
| South West Scotland |
41 |
| South West Thames |
24 |
| Springburn |
67 |
| Stockport |
21 |
| Suffolk |
22 |
| Surrey Downs |
16 |
| Surrey North |
16 |
| Swansea |
25 |
| Taff Rhondda |
4 |
| Tameside |
12 |
| Tayside |
28 |
| Tees North |
38 |
| Tees South |
24 |
| Thameside |
13 |
| Tyneside |
19 |
| Wakefield |
20 |
| Wales West |
2 |
| Walsall |
6 |
| Warwickshire |
19 |
| Wearside |
31 |
| West Herts |
11 |
| West Kent |
2 |
| West Lincolnshire |
21 |
| West Pennine |
15 |
| West Sussex |
8 |
| Wigan and Leigh |
5 |
| Wiltshire |
12 |
| Wirral |
42 |
| Wolverhampton |
21 |
| Worcestershire North |
22 |
| Yorkshire East |
14 |