asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the numbers of claimants at the Finsbury Park and Archway offices of his Department in receipt of (a) supplementary benefit and (b) single payments for furniture in September of each year since 1979.

The table shows the number of claimants receiving supplementary benefit from the Department's offices at Finsbury Park and Archway on 30 July 1985—the latest available figures—and at comparative dates in each of the preceding five years. Figures for 1979 are not now available.

	Finsbury Park	Archway (Highgate)
1980	10,143	11,775
1981	12,859	13,981
1982	15,215	16,679
1983	15,929	16,276
1984	17,507	17,072
1985	18,023	18,332

Source 100 per cent. count of cases in action.Information is not available from which reliable estimates could be made of the number of single payments made for furniture by individual offices for any period. Statistics are collected monthly on the total number of all single payments made by each office and although later information for these offices is available, for comparison purposes details of awards of all single payments for the 4 week period ending 30 July 1985 and of the same periods in the preceding five years are given as follows:

	Finsbury Park	Archway (Highgate)
1980	245	242
1981	175	178
1982	224	167
1983	342	236
1984	324	348
1985	723	481

Figures for 1979 are not now available.