§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many decisions were made on new claims for family income supplement and family credit; and how many awards resulted in each month since April 1987.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 15 May 1989]: The available information for all claims is as follows:
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Claims dealt with2 Awards Month1 4New claims 3Total 4New claims 3Total FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT 1987 April 20,337 28,628 8,868 15,433 May 25,635 37,195 11,978 21,308 June 21,907 31,837 10,143 17,998 July 28,065 39,814 13,499 23,007 August 20,387 28,797 9,830 16,473 September 19,633 28,534 8,843 15,893 October 21,217 31,074 10,281 18,186 November 28,143 42,004 13,687 24,598 December 19,332 27,768 9,199 15,854 1988 January 17,789 27,432 8,130 15,619 February 21,245 31,904 9,132 17,454 March 20,913 31,516 9,384 17,345 April 13,327 18,886 6,380 10,346 May 5,613 7,677 3,424 4,928 June 2,171 3,066 1,258 1,905 July 2,383 3,208 1,076 1,637 August 409 692 308 485 September 207 438 148 275 October 108 176 87 145 November 57 100 57 100 December 1989 January
Claims dealt with2 Awards Month1 4New claims 3Total 4New claims 3Total FAMILY CREDIT 1988 April — 64,269 — 40,213 May June — 52,867 — 36,145 July — 55,647 — 37,912 August — 58,275 — 40,249 September — 34,808 — 24,158 October — 62,838 — 44,944 November — 64,150 — 46,234 December — 50,947 — 35,797 1989 January — 62,029 — 42,712 February — 63,908 — 45,180 March — 66,652 — 47,184 April 34,671 62,465 18,658 43,300 1 The figures are for the four or five weeks ending on the last Friday of the month. 2 The figures for claims dealt with include awards, disallowances, renewal claims received more than four weeks before the expiry of an existing award (and therefore invalid) and withdrawn claims. 3 Includes claims made to renew an existing award on its expiry. 4 A breakdown of the family credit figures between new claims and renewal claims is not available for the period before April 1989.