HC Deb 08 March 1994 vol 239 c135W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what is his latest estimate of the total amount of money allocated to each benefit office in Lewisham for 1993–94 that is so far unclaimed for(a) family credit and (b) disability working allowance; and how many people he estimates are failing to take up their entitlement to the above benefits of each such benefit office;

(2) what is the total amount of money allocated to each benefit office in Lewisham for 1993–94 for (a) family credit and (b) disability working allowance; and what is the planned allocation to each benefit office in Lewisham for each benefit for (i) 1994–95 and (ii) 1995–96.

Mr. Burt

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Broadgreen (Mrs. Kennedy) on 23 February, at column238.