§
Mr. Scott
[holding answer 6 November 1992]: For 1989–90 information by office is not available. However, the number of maternity payments in the year was 173,600. As the Benefits Agency was formed in April 1991, information for 1990–91 is shown in the table by DSS local office.
| Local Office |
Payments |
| Aberdare |
357 |
| Aberdeen North |
378 |
| Aberdeen South |
236 |
| Abertillery |
162 |
| Aberystwth |
167 |
| Accrington |
442 |
| Airdrie |
273 |
| Aldershot |
370 |
| Ammanford |
107 |
| Andover |
155 |
| Anglesey |
296 |
| Arbroath |
252 |
924W
| Local Office |
Payments |
| Ashford |
231 |
| Ashington |
366 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne |
502 |
| Aylesbury |
242 |
| Ayr |
610 |
| Banbury |
224 |
| Bargoed |
201 |
| Barking |
538 |
| Barnet |
147 |
| Barnsley East |
584 |
| Barnsley West |
334 |
| Barnstaple |
297 |
| Barrow in Furness |
333 |
| Barry |
325 |
| Basildon |
643 |
| Basingstoke |
212 |
| Bath |
364 |
| Bathgate |
563 |
| Bedford |
438 |
| Bellshill |
222 |
| Berwick on Tweed |
59 |
| Bexley |
533 |
| Birkenhead North |
766 |
| Birkenhead South |
429 |
| Birmingham Edgebaston |
750 |
| Birmingham Erdington |
687 |
| Birmingham Handsworth |
1,000 |
| Birmingham Ladywood |
817 |
| Birmingham Northfield |
693 |
| Birmingham Perry Barr |
508 |
| Birmingham Ravenhurst |
574 |
| Birmingham South Yardley |
803 |
| Birmingham Sparkhill |
421 |
| Birmingham Washwood Heath |
686 |
| Bishop Auckland |
548 |
| Blackburn |
1,005 |
| Blackpool North |
721 |
| Blackpool South |
282 |
| Blackwood |
196 |
| Blyth |
390 |
| Bognor Regis |
198 |
| Bolton |
1,006 |
| Boston |
260 |
| Bournemouth |
463 |
| Bracknell |
216 |
| Bradford East |
860 |
| Bradford South |
707 |
| Bradford West |
718 |
| Braintree |
256 |
| Bridgend |
476 |
| Bridgwater |
267 |
| Bridlington |
215 |
| Brighton |
470 |
| Bristol Central |
390 |
| Bristol East |
538 |
| Bristol Horfield |
248 |
| Bristol South |
622 |
| Bristol West |
148 |
| Bromley |
186 |
| Burnley |
985 |
| Burton on Trent |
292 |
| Bury |
589 |
| Bury St. Edmunds |
305 |
| Buxton |
62 |
| Caernarfon |
265 |
| Caerphilly |
291 |
| Cambridge |
411 |
| Campbeltown |
37 |
| Cannock |
369 |
| Canterbury |
303 |
| Cardiff Central |
370 |
| Cardiff East |
712 |
| Cardiff West |
569 |
| Carlisle |
376 |
| Carmarthen |
134 |
| Castleford |
273 |
| Chatham |
596 |
| Chelmsford |
260 |
925W
| Local Office |
Payments |
| Cheltenham |
390 |
| Chester |
394 |
| Chesterfield |
644 |
| Chester le Street |
262 |
| Chichester |
127 |
| Chippenham |
197 |
| Clacton-on-Sea |
240 |
| Clydebank |
295 |
| Coatbridge |
247 |
| Colchester |
425 |
| Colwyn Bay |
309 |
| Corby |
235 |
| Coventry East |
893 |
| Coventry West |
515 |
| Cowdenbeath |
223 |
| Crawley |
267 |
| Crewe |
453 |
| Croydon |
683 |
| Cumbernauld |
359 |
| Cwmbran |
499 |
| Darlington |
615 |
| Dartford |
242 |
| Deeside |
234 |
| Derby Beckett Street |
467 |
| Derby Heritage Gate |
245 |
| Derby London Road |
710 |
| Dewsbury |
827 |
| Diss |
76 |
| Doncaster East |
507 |
| Doncaster West |
703 |
| Dover |
260 |
| Dudley North |
630 |
| Dudley South |
298 |
| Dumbarton |
269 |
| Dumfries |
329 |
| Dundee East |
432 |
| Dundee West |
453 |
| Dunfermline |
316 |
| Dunstable |
177 |
| Durham |
243 |
| Eastbourne |
319 |
| East Kilbride |
177 |
| Ebbw Vale |
285 |
| Edgeware |
222 |
| Edinburgh East |
473 |
| Edinburgh City |
254 |
| Edinburgh North |
354 |
| Edinburgh South |
474 |
| Edinburgh West |
415 |
| Elgin |
231 |
| Ellesmere Port |
316 |
| Epsom |
99 |
| Eston |
491 |
| Exeter |
654 |
| Falkirk |
495 |
| Fareham |
350 |
| Farnworth |
543 |
| Folkestone |
215 |
| Fort William |
84 |
| Galashiels |
222 |
| Gateshead |
816 |
| Glasgow Anniesland |
386 |
| Glasgow Bridgeton |
277 |
| Glasgow City |
223 |
| Glasgow Craigton |
396 |
| Glasgow Cranstonhill |
4 |
| Glasgow Laurieston |
335 |
| Glasgow Maryhill |
314 |
| Glasgow Partick |
166 |
| Glasgow Provan |
649 |
| Glasgow Rutherglen |
496 |
| Glasgow Shettleston |
373 |
| Glasgow Southside |
494 |
| Glasgow Springburn |
487 |
| Gloucester |
537 |
| Goole |
165 |
| Grantham |
234 |
| Gravesend |
239 |
926W
| Local Office |
Payments |
| Grays |
370 |
| Greenock |
387 |
| Grimsby |
1,073 |
| Great Yarmouth |
300 |
| Guildford |
240 |
| Halifax |
773 |
| Hamilton |
517 |
| Harlow |
276 |
| Harrogate |
202 |
| Harrow |
277 |
| Hartlepool |
582 |
| Hastings |
445 |
| Havant |
304 |
| Haverfordwest |
244 |
| Hemel Hempstead |
203 |
| Hemsworth |
244 |
| Hereford |
365 |
| Hertford |
214 |
| Hexham |
98 |
| High Wycombe |
279 |
| Houghton Le Spring |
230 |
| Hounslow |
513 |
| Hove |
184 |
| Huddersfield |
782 |
| Hull East |
1,235 |
| Hull West |
934 |
| Hyde |
497 |
| Ilford |
444 |
| Ilkeston |
355 |
| Inverness |
385 |
| Ipswich |
609 |
| Irvine |
589 |
| Isle of Wight |
386 |
| Jarrow |
306 |
| Johnstone |
264 |
| Keighley |
414 |
| Kendal |
89 |
| Kidderminster |
359 |
| Kilmarnock |
373 |
| King's Lynn |
533 |
| Kingston |
172 |
| Kirkcaldy |
511 |
| Lancaster |
440 |
| Launceston |
160 |
| Leamington Spa |
345 |
| Leeds East |
809 |
| Leeds North |
729 |
| Leeds North West |
555 |
| Leeds South |
431 |
| Leeds West |
499 |
| Leicester Burleys Way |
329 |
| Leicester Lower Hill Street |
581 |
| Leicester Norton Street |
517 |
| Leicester Yeoman Street |
761 |
| Leigh |
430 |
| Lerwick |
35 |
| Leven |
203 |
| Lewes |
202 |
| Lichfield |
501 |
| Lincoln Newland |
418 |
| Lincoln Orchard Street |
533 |
| Liverpool Belle Vale |
370 |
| Liverpool Bootle |
611 |
| Liverpool Breckfield |
689 |
| Liverpool City |
295 |
| Liverpool Crosby |
442 |
| Liverpool Edgehill |
567 |
| Liverpool Garston |
371 |
| Liverpool Huyton |
777 |
| Liverpool Kirkby |
748 |
| Liverpool Norris Green |
379 |
| Liverpool Toxteth |
550 |
| Liverpool West Derby |
175 |
| Llanelli |
308 |
| London Balham |
418 |
| London Battersea |
403 |
| London Bloomsbury |
154 |
| London Brixton |
421 |
927W
| Local Office |
Payments |
| London Camberwell |
506 |
| London Canning Town |
277 |
| London Chelsea |
172 |
| London City |
108 |
| London Cricklewood |
205 |
| London Crystal Palace |
466 |
| London Ealing |
1,359 |
| London Edmonton |
505 |
| London Euston |
930 |
| London Finsbury Park |
482 |
| London Fulham |
124 |
| London Greenwich Park |
218 |
| London Hackney |
585 |
| London Harlesden |
451 |
| London Hendon |
274 |
| London Highgate |
265 |
| London Hither Green |
34 |
| London Hoxton |
404 |
| London Kennington Park |
375 |
| London Kensington |
136 |
| London Lewisham |
762 |
| London Leytonstone |
484 |
| London Mitcham |
239 |
| London Neasden |
454 |
| London Oval |
248 |
| London Paddington |
106 |
| London Peckham |
370 |
| London Plaistow |
474 |
| London Poplar |
586 |
| London Shoreditch |
403 |
| London Southwark |
440 |
| London Stepney |
514 |
| London Stoke Newington |
341 |
| London Streatham |
321 |
| London Thames South |
3 |
| London Tottenham |
665 |
| London Walthamstow |
470 |
| London Wandsworth |
194 |
| London Westminster |
130 |
| London Wimbledon |
256 |
| London Woodgrange Park |
636 |
| London Wood Green |
394 |
| London Woolwich |
877 |
| Loughborough |
383 |
| Lowestoft |
277 |
| Luton |
672 |
| Macclesfield |
140 |
| Maidstone |
337 |
| Manchester Central |
182 |
| Manchester Cheetham |
645 |
| Manchester Chorlton |
405 |
| Manchester Failsworth |
620 |
| Manchester Longsight |
655 |
| Manchester Middleton |
439 |
| Manchester Openshaw |
608 |
| Manchester Rusholme |
505 |
| Manchester Sale |
562 |
| Manchester Wythenshawe |
724 |
| Mansfield |
660 |
| Merthyr Tydfil |
431 |
| Middlesbrough |
1,117 |
| Milton Keynes |
572 |
| Morriston |
320 |
| Motherwell |
446 |
| Neath |
224 |
| New Forest |
248 |
| New Malden |
102 |
| Newbury |
159 |
| Newcastle East |
540 |
| Newcastle St. James |
623 |
| Newcastle West |
516 |
| Newcastle Staffs |
351 |
| Newport Gwent |
878 |
| Newtown |
197 |
| Northampton |
741 |
| North Shields |
335 |
| Northallerton |
172 |
| Northwich |
342 |
928W
| Local Office |
Payments |
| Norwich Chantry |
371 |
| Norwich Mountergate |
547 |
| Nottingham Castlegate |
587 |
| Nottingham David Lane |
695 |
| Nottingham Shakespeare Street |
793 |
| Nottingham Station Street |
701 |
| Nuneaton |
502 |
| Oban |
48 |
| Oldham |
1,002 |
| Orpington |
175 |
| Oxford |
655 |
| Paisley |
597 |
| Pembroke Dock |
185 |
| Penrith |
62 |
| Penzance |
256 |
| Perth |
352 |
| Peterborough |
892 |
| Peterhead |
170 |
| Peterlee |
451 |
| Plymouth |
541 |
| Plymouth Crownhill |
581 |
| Pontefract |
311 |
| Pontypridd |
281 |
| Poole |
382 |
| Port Glasgow |
160 |
| Portsmouth North |
471 |
| Portsmouth South |
344 |
| Port Talbot |
212 |
| Porth |
221 |
| Porthmadog |
177 |
| Preston North |
743 |
| Preston South |
580 |
| Reading |
428 |
| Redcar |
367 |
| Redditch |
436 |
| Redhill |
196 |
| Rhyl |
488 |
| Rochdale |
745 |
| Romford |
308 |
| Rossendale |
234 |
| Rotherham North |
278 |
| Rotherham South |
879 |
| Rugby |
187 |
| Salford North |
578 |
| Salford South |
515 |
| Salisbury |
254 |
| Scarborough |
340 |
| Scunthorpe |
547 |
| Seaham |
205 |
| Sheffield North East |
244 |
| Sheffield North West |
630 |
| Sheffield South East |
466 |
| Sheffield South West |
410 |
| Shrewsbury |
475 |
| Sittinghbourne |
336 |
| Skegness |
159 |
| Skelmersdale |
516 |
| Skipton |
50 |
| Slough |
405 |
| Smethwick |
772 |
| Southampton |
941 |
| Southend on Sea |
527 |
| Southport |
192 |
| South Shields |
495 |
| Stafford |
237 |
| St. Albans |
244 |
| Stanley |
418 |
| St. Austell |
399 |
| Stevenage |
414 |
| St. Helens |
893 |
| Stirling |
462 |
| Stockport North |
450 |
| Stockport South |
374 |
| Stockton |
946 |
| Stoke on Trent North |
717 |
| Stoke on Trent South |
558 |
| Stornoway |
58 |
| Stranraer |
113 |
929W
| Local Office |
Payments |
| Stroud |
253 |
| Sunderland North |
1,006 |
| Sunderland South |
671 |
| Sutton |
201 |
| Sutton in Ashfield |
442 |
| Swansea |
672 |
| Swindon |
511 |
| Taunton |
346 |
| Telford |
695 |
| Thanet |
507 |
| Tonypandy |
253 |
| Torbay |
629 |
| Trowbridge |
207 |
| Truro |
506 |
| Tunbridge Wells |
214 |
| Twickenham |
114 |
| Uxbridge |
389 |
| Wakefield |
500 |
| Wallasey |
387 |
| Wallsend |
320 |
| Walsall East |
547 |
| Walsall West |
762 |
| Warrington |
730 |
| Watford |
240 |
| Wath on Dearne |
440 |
| Wellingborough |
457 |
| West Bromwich |
815 |
| Weston super Mare |
223 |
| Weymouth |
334 |
| Whitehaven |
229 |
| Wick |
153 |
| Widnes |
828 |
| Wigan |
785 |
| Wilmslow |
72 |
| Winchester |
176 |
| Woking |
228 |
| Wolverhampton North |
880 |
| Wolverhampton South |
619 |
| Worcester |
521 |
| Workington |
217 |
| Worksop |
432 |
| Worthing |
312 |
| Wrexham |
606 |
| Yeovil |
262 |
| York |
586 |