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Supplementary Benefit Claimants (Nottingham)

Volume 131: debated on Tuesday 12 April 1988

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Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the number of supplementary benefit claimants in each of his Department's offices covering the Nottingham, North constituency for each year since 1979.

Mr. Portillo

Nottingham, North constituency is served by the Department's local offices at David lane and Shakespeare street, although their boundaries are not conterminous.The numbers of supplementary benefit claimants for the years requested are :

Nottingham
Date of countDavid laneShakespeare street
27 November 19796,6749,204
2 December 19807,7219,915
9 December 19819,50812,088
7 December 198210,60413,731
6 December 198310,75613,583
12 December 198411,69414,956
11 December 198512,34215,743
10 December 198612,96216,279
17 November 198712,54315,420

Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.