§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will indicate the number of cases in the year ended 31 March for the Walthamstow, Leytonstone and Woodgrange park offices of his Department in which loans were not allowed because(a) the claimant's inability to repay was considered a factor and (b) other reasons, and in which a grant was also not provided to the claimant.
§ Mr. Peter LloydInformation is not collected in a format which identifies applications where both a loan and a community care grant are refused for the same item or service.
A reason for decision is used once on each application, but more than one reason for decision can be given in a particular application. Because a record is kept of the total number of times each reason is used, the count of the total number of reasons does not equate to the total of applications to which they were applied.
The table contains the available information:
Office Inability to repay considered a factor in loan refusal Other reasons considered Walthamstow 45 773 Leytonstone 27 450 Woodgrange Park 23 599