asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the 20 English non-metropolitan counties which have shown the greatest percentage of growth in electorate since 1980; and what has been the percentage growth and actual figures in each case.
The information requested is as follows:
| Date | Number of claimants | Staff |
| 1 July 1982 | 15,416 | * |
| 1 July 1983 | 16,212 | 148 |
| 1 July 1984 | 17,516 | 154 |
| 1 July 1985 | 18,380 | 164 |
| * Not known. | ||
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) for those offices covering the Workington travel-to-work area, what is the total number of supplementary benefit claimants for the last month for which statistics are available and the figure for the comparable month in 1984;
(2) for those offices covering the Workington travel-to-work area, what is the total number of unemployed people claiming supplementary benefit during the last month for which statistics are available and the figures for the comparable month in 1984;
(3) for those offices covering the Workington travel-to-work area, what is the total number of supplementary benefit appeals registered during the last month for which statistics are available.
The numbers of people receiving supplementary benefit from the Workington local office are as follows:
| July 1984 | July 1985 | |
| All claimants | 6,594 | 6,608 |
| Unemployed claimants | 2,509 | 2,538 |
Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.
Fourteen supplementary benefit appeals were registered at Workington local office during the four weeks up to 24 September 1985.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people claimed supplementary benefit as unemployed; and, of these, how many claim benefit in ordinary board and lodging accommodation, broken down in age bands 16 years to 17 years, 18 years to 20 years, 21 years to 25 years and over 26 years, for each year from 1979 to 1984.
Information about the number of claims is not available. The total number of unemployed people receiving supplementary benefit over the years 1979–1983 was as follows:
| '000s | |
| 1979 | 566 |
| 1980 | 854 |
| 1981 | 1,318 |
| 1982 | 1,722 |
| 1983 | 1,826 |
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to the percentage of mortgage defaults resulting in persons losing possession of their homes that are cases where the borrower has received supplementary benefit to take account of mortgage interest but not passed this element on to the building society concerned.
I regret that the information is not available.
| Yorkshire Region | ||
| District Health Authority | Chairman | Address of District Health Authority |
| Airedale | Mr J S Bell | Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Steeton Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6ID. |