asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give (a) the daily mean temperature and
| Weather Station | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Average |
| Scotland | ||||||||
| Aberdeen AP | 2·4 | 4·0 | 6·1 | 8·5 | 8·3 | 6·7 | 5·4 | 5·9 |
| Dumfries | 2·4 | 3·7 | 5·9 | 7·0 | 2·4 | 2·4 | 3·0 | 3·8 |
| Edinburgh AP | 3·9 | 5·0 | 7·6 | 7·5 | 5·0 | 3·2 | 2·7 | 5·0 |
| Eskdalemuir (Galashiels) | 0·8 | 1·5 | 3·7 | 4·0 | 2·5 | 0·8 | 0·8 | 2·0 |
| Fort William | 6·5 | 7·1 | 9·0 | 7·9 | 5·8 | 4·9 | 5·8 | 6·7 |
| Glasgow AP | 4·4 | 5·8 | 7·9 | 6·9 | 3·6 | 0·9 | 1·9 | 4·5 |
| Kinloss (Inverness) | 4·7 | 6·6 | 6·6 | 7·9 | 7·6 | 5·8 | 6·1 | 6·5 |
| Kirkwall | 3·8 | 5·0 | 6·2 | 7·9 | 8·4 | 6·8 | 6 ·1 | 6·3 |
| Lerwick | 5·0 | 4·8 | 5·4 | 6·8 | 6·6 | 6·7 | 1·9 | 5·3 |
| Leuchars (Dundee) | 2·9 | 4·3 | 4·7 | 6·3 | 6·6 | 3·1 | 2·6 | 4·3 |
| Machriphanish (Campbeltown) | 6·9 | 8·6 | 9·2 | 7·4 | 5·9 | 3·3 | 4·8 | 6·6 |
| Prestwick (Ayr) | 5·1 | 6·7 | 8·5 | 7·1 | 4·3 | 2·6 | 3·8 | 5·4 |
| Stornaway | 7·7 | 6·7 | 6·6 | 8·5 | 8·7 | 7·1 | 6·1 | 7·3 |
| Whithorn | 4·1 | 4·7 | 7·1 | 6·9 | 4·1 | 3·1 | 4·4 | 4·9 |
| Wick | 3·6 | 6·2 | 7·2 | 8·1 | 8·4 | 5·3 | 4·8 | 6·2 |
| England | ||||||||
| Aughton (Liverpool) | 0·9 | 2·1 | 5·3 | 5·3 | 2·9 | 5·0 | 4·0 | 3·6 |
| Bedford RAE | -1·9 | 0·3 | 2·7 | 5·6 | 4·2 | 4·7 | 3·8 | 2·8 |
| Binbrook (Hull) | -1·5 | 0·8 | 3·0 | 5·6 | 6·0 | 5·1 | 3·3 | 3·2 |
| Birmingham AP | -1·2 | 0·5 | 3·4 | 4·8 | 4·4 | 4·3 | 4·3 | 2·9 |
| Blackpool AP | 1·1 | 2·0 | 4·9 | 5·2 | 3·6 | 3·1 | 2·1 | 3·1 |
| Boscombe, Down (Sarum) | -1·7 | -0·1 | 3·0 | 4·9 | 5·0 | 4·4 | 2·8 | 2·6 |
| Boulmer (Berwick) | 2·1 | 2·8 | 6·0 | 7·2 | 6·6 | 6·1 | 5·2 | 5·1 |
| Bournemouth AP | -0·7 | 0·6 | 3·0 | 5·1 | 6·3 | 5·3 | 3·6 | 3·3 |
| Bristol | 0·8 | 2·5 | 5·0 | 6·1 | 5·8 | 5·9 | 4·6 | 4·4 |
| Brize Norton (Oxford) | -1·5 | -0·3 | 2·9 | 4·5 | 4·1 | 4·5 | 3·6 | 2·5 |
| Carlisle | 0·5 | 3·6 | 4·7 | 3·4 | 2·1 | 1·5 | 3·2 | 2·7 |
| Chivenor (Barnstaple) | n/a | n/a | 5·3 | 6·4 | 7·1 | 5·0 | 4·6 | n/a |
| Coltishall (Norwich) | -1·1 | -0·2 | 1·4 | 3·8 | 5·1 | 4·4 | 4·4 | 2·5 |
| Coningsby (Boston) | -1·2 | 0·1 | 2·4 | 4·3 | 4·2 | 4·6 | 3·1 | 2·5 |
| Culdrose (Penzance) | 3·8 | 5·0 | 5·8 | 6·2 | 6·8 | 5·9 | 4·8 | 5·5 |
| Easthampstead | -2·0 | -1·0 | 2·7 | 3·6 | 4·4 | 4·1 | 3·5 | 2·2 |
| Eskmeals (Whitehaven) | 3·2 | 3·7 | 6·1 | 6·0 | 2·9 | 2·9 | 3·3 | 4·0 |
| Exeter | 2·6 | 3·1 | 4·9 | 5·4 | 5·9 | 5·2 | 3·3 | 4·3 |
| Finningley (Sheffield) | -1·0 | 1·5 | 3·9 | 6·5 | 5·5 | 5·8 | 4·1 | 3·7 |
| Gatwick AP (Guildford) | -2·5 | -0·9 | 1·4 | 3·5 | 5·1 | 4·8 | 3·5 | 2·1 |
| Heathrow AP (London) | -1·7 | 0·1 | 3·8 | 5·2 | 6·2 | 5·2 | 4·3 | 3·3 |
| Herstmonceux (Brighton) | -2·1 | -1·3 | 1·1 | 3·1 | 5·1 | 4·5 | 3·8 | 2·0 |
| Honington (Bury St. Edmunds) | -1·7 | -0·9 | 1·0 | 4·2 | 4·8 | 4·3 | 3·8 | 2·2 |
| Leeds WC | 0·5 | 3·1 | 5·9 | 8·9 | 4·6 | 6·4 | 5·5 | 5·0 |
| Leeming (Newcastle) | -1·0 | 0·4 | 3·8 | 5·7 | 2·9 | 3·3 | 4·4 | 2·8 |
| Lyneham (Chippenham) | -1·5 | 0·5 | 2·8 | 4·8 | 4·1 | 4·0 | 2·7 | 2·5 |
| Manchester AP | 0·9 | 2·0 | 5·0 | 5·0 | 5·0 | 5·9 | 5·0 | 4·1 |
| Manston (Dover) | -2·3 | -0·9 | 0·6 | 2·0 | 3·3 | 3·6 | 3·3 | 1·4 |
| Marham (Kings Lynn) | -1·5 | -0·7 | 1·0 | 3·9 | 4·6 | 4·9 | 4·0 | 2·3 |
| Mount Batten (Plymouth) | 2·1 | 3·5 | 5·1 | 6·7 | 7·4 | 5·8 | 4·4 | 5·0 |
| Okehampton | 0·9 | 3·1 | 4·1 | 4·1 | 4·3 | 2·7 | 1·2 | 2·9 |
| St. Mawgan (Truro) | 31 | 4·8 | 6·0 | 6·4 | 7·2 | 4·7 | 4·0 | 5·1 |
| Shawbury (Shrewsbury) | 01 | 2·3 | 3·7 | 4·7 | 3·1 | 4·3 | 4·8 | 3·3 |
| Southampton WC | -0·8 | 1·2 | 3·6 | 5·5 | 6·8 | 5·8 | 4·3 | 3·8 |
| Stansted | -2·3 | -0·1 | 1·3 | 4·4 | 4·3 | 3·9 | 3·9 | 2·2 |
| Tynemouth (Sunderland) | 1·2 | 3·1 | 6·6 | 6·5 | 5·0 | 5·3 | 5·3 | 4·7 |
| Watnall (Derby) | -1·6 | 0·8 | 3·7 | 6·7 | 5·9 | 5·5 | 3·4 | 3·5 |
| Wattisham (Ipswich) | -1·8 | -1·0 | 0·6 | 3·7 | 4·5 | 4·0 | 3·8 | 2·0 |
| Whitby CG | -0·2 | 0·9 | 5·9 | 6·5 | 4·5 | 4·1 | 5·7 | 3·9 |
| Wyton (Cambridge) | -1·8 | 0·2 | 2·6 | 5·2 | 4·9 | 4·7 | 3·8 | 2·8 |
| Yeovilton (Yeovil) | 01 | 1·5 | 3·1 | 4·1 | 5·0 | 4·9 | 3·4 | 3·1 |
| Wales | ||||||||
| Aberporth (Aberystwyth) | 1·8 | 3·6 | 5·1 | 5·8 | 5·6 | 5·2 | 4·7 | 4·5 |
| Brawdy (Pembroke) | 3·2 | 4·6 | 5·6 | 6·2 | 6·2 | 3·8 | 3·9 | 4·7 |
| Cilfyndd (Merthyr Tydfil) | -0·7 | 1·4 | 3·2 | 5·4 | 5·7 | 4·4 | 3·7 | 3·3 |
| Mumbles (Swansea) | 1·3 | 4·3 | 5·1 | 6·5 | 5·5 | 5·6 | 4·6 | 4·7 |
(b) the weekly mean temperature for the 64 Department of Health and Social Security weather stations for the week beginning 19 January.
The information requested for the 63 designated weather stations is as shown in the following table:
Weather Station
| Monday
| Tuesday
| Wednesday
| Thursday
| Friday
| Saturday
| Sunday
| Average
|
| Rhoose (Cardiff) | 1·0 | 1·9 | 3·9 | 5·6 | 5·3 | 4·7 | 3·4 | 3·7 |
| Trawsfynydd (Dolgellau) | 2·1 | 3·2 | 4·0 | 5·0 | 4·7 | 5·0 | 3·6 | 3·9 |
| Valley (Caernarfon) | 4·5 | 1·0 | 6·5 | 7·1 | 6·8 | 5·7 | 4·5 | 5·1 |
| n/a = Data not available. | ||||||||
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make it his policy that pensioners not normally in receipt of supplementary pensions should have their heating requirement assessed as £5 per week greater during exceptionally severe weather; and that if this additional cost puts them over the supplementary pension threshold they should receive the severe weather payment.
[pursuant to his reply, 26 January 1987]: No. Pensioners with incomes above their supplementary benefit requirements level, who are receiving housing benefit supplement, are eligible for the £5 extra payment, where the other conditions are satisfied.