The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1990-1997

1983-1987 Parliament

Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Maternity Payments – 9 April 1987

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Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Maternity Payments on 9th April 1987.

Mrs. Renée Short Asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in the Wolverhampton North-East constituency claimed maternity grant in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Major Information is not available in the form requested.

The Wolverhampton North-East constituency is covered by the Department’s local offices at Wolverhampton North and Wolverhampton South although their boundaries are not conterminous with the constituency. The numbers of claims for maternity grant received at these two offices during the 1986 calendar year were as follows:

Area | Number
Wolverhampton North | 2,066
Wolverhampton South | 2,072

Mr. Wallace Asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland claimed the maternity grant in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Major The numbers of claims for maternity grant received during the 1986 calendar year at the Department’s local offices at Kirkwall and Lerwick, which cover the constituency, were 216 and 356 respectively.