HC Deb 05 June 1990 vol 173 cc560-4W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing in 1988–89 and 1989–90 the number of applications for (i) community care grants, (ii) budgeting loans and (iii) crisis loans that were refused, broken down by reason for refusal.

Mr. Scott

The information requested is set out in the tables. The figures relate to the number of occasions on which the particular reason for refusal was used. It is possible for an individual application to be refused for more than one reason.

Reasons for refusal 1989–90:

Community Care Grants Budgeting Loans Crisis Loans
Savings over £500 sufficient to meet cost 3,510 880 30
Not in receipt of IS n/a 38,720 n/a
Not in receipt of IS for 26 weeks n/a 116,630 n/a
Not in receipt of IS and unlikely to become entitled 30,100 n/a n/a
Excluded items 11,850 24,820 1,280
Excluded persons 19,790 1,300 390
Amount less than £30 (not travelling expenses) 4,520 12,460 n/a

Community Care Grants Budgeting Loans Crisis Loans
Total debt of £1,000 n/a 420 40
Previous application and SFO decision for this item 13,480 25,540 1,500
No serious risk or damage to health or safety n/a n/a 24,540
Inability to repay n/a 19,010 3,270
Help available from another source 2,440 2,330 3,940
Insufficient priority 50,340 137,720 1,300
Other agencies not providing back up 20 n/a n/a
Suitable alternative available 1,360 2,080 1,490
Loan refused—CCG awarded n/a 34,890 350
Direction 4 not satisfied1 58,210 n/a n/a
Enough money available to meet crisis n/a n/a 520
Other2 97,400 21,210 6,990
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
1Figures relate to the period November 1989 to March 1990 only.
2includes decisions prior to November 1989 where Direction 4 was not satisfied.
n/a—not applicable.

Reasons for refusal 1988–89
Community care grants Budgeting loans Crisis loans
Savings over £500 sufficient to meet cost 2,510 880 60
Not in receipt of IS n/a 35,780 n/a
Not in receipt of IS for 26 weeks n/a 100,380 n/a
Not in receipt of IS and unlikely to become entitled 15,890 n/a n/a
Excluded items 9,610 29,370 1,620
Excluded persons 13,790 770 320
Amount less than £30 (not travelling
expenses) 3,230 11,950 n/a
Total debt of £1,000 n/a 180 20
Previous application and SFO decision for this item 5,080 13,180 1,490

Analysis of awards 1989–90
Client Group Code 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Budgeting Loans
National 0.2 0.4 0.6 3.5 0.4 1.6 4.2 48.7 0.4 1.8 15.7 18.3 1.1 3.0 0.0 n/a
North East Region 0.1 0.3 0.6 3.4 0.3 1.5 3.6 46.2 0.5 1.9 19.7 18.2 1.0 2.5 0.1 n/a
Gateshead 0.0 0.2 0.5 3.9 0.2 1.7 3.7 45.1 0.2 2.3 21.6 17.8 0.9 1.8 1.0 n/a
North Shields 0.0 0.5 0.6 3.9 0.3 1.5 4.8 48.5 0.8 1.7 16.6 17.1 0.8 2.8 0.0 n/a
Wallsend 0.0 0.7 0.5 3.3 0.4 1.7 3.6 46.2 0.2 1.3 21.0 18.2 0.9 1.8 0.0 n/a
Sunderland South 0.1 0.2 0.6 3.6 0.3 1.4 3.0 42.6 0.5 2.6 19.8 21.5 0.9 2.9 0.0 n/a
South Shields 0.3 0.1 1.1 4.2 0.2 0.8 4.0 47.5 0.7 1.7 16.3 19.7 0.6 2.2 0.0 n/a
Sunderland North 0.1 0.1 0.4 3.1 0.3 1.1 2.8 44.6 0.7 1.7 21.0 20.6 0.8 2.6 0.0 n/a
Newcastle St James 0.3 0.5 0.5 3.7 0.2 0.6 4.4 42.6 0.2 2.5 17.4 23.3 1.0 2.9 0.0 n/a
Jarrow 0.2 0.1 0.6 4.4 0.3 0.7 4.4 47.0 0.5 2.0 16.8 18.1 1.4 2.6 0.0 n/a
Newcastle West 0.1 0.7 1.1 4.9 0.4 1.0 4.9 56.9 0.6 0.7 22.1 3.6 0.5 2.3 0.0 n/a
Houghton le Spring 0.0 0.7 0.7 3.6 0.4 0.9 2.2 47.9 0.3 0.9 23.0 15.5 1.6 2.0 0.0 n/a
Newcastle East 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.8 0.5 1.5 3.3 47.4 0.2 2.4 15.9 23.3 1.0 1.8 0.0 n/a
Crisis loans
National 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.4 1.7 21.7 0.1 0.2 14.8 44.0 1.1 4.4 0.0 10.4
North East Region 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.5 1.5 25.2 0.1 0.3 17.3 39.9 1.0 2.9 0.1 10.3
Gateshead 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.1 0.0 0.7 1.9 28.1 0.0 0.3 18.7 35.0 0.9 2.5 0.0 10.0
North Shields 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.1 1.5 28.6 0.0 0.1 21.2 38.3 1.3 2.8 0.0 4.4
Wallsend 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.7 2.2 23.1 0.0 0.2 17.2 38.0 0.7 3.1 0.0 12.9
Sunderland South 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.9 1.1 26.7 0.0 0.1 14.9 43.5 0.4 3.0 0.0 7.6
South Shields 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.4 1.9 22.0 0.1 0.2 12.6 48.7 0.6 3.7 0.1 8.8
Sunderland North 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.7 2.0 31.1 0.1 0.3 18.3 32.4 0.6 1.9 0.0 11.1

Community care grants Budgeting loans Crisis loans
No serious risk or damage to health or safety n/a n/a 24,430
Inability to repay n/a 11,730 3,290
Help available from another source 2,140 2,460 5,890
Insufficient priority 13,450 83,430 810
Other agencies not providing back up 90 n/a n/a
Suitable alternative available 1,180 2,140 1,860
Loan refused—CCG awarded n/a 14,580 150
Other 83,220 18,770 6,590
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
n/a—not applicable.

Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing in 1988–89 and 1989–90 the number of (i) community care grants, (ii) budgeting loans and (iii) crisis loans which were refused on the grounds of "excluded items", breaking down "excluded items" into its component parts.

Mr. Scott

The numbers of applications refused on the grounds that the application was for an item excluded by the Secretary of State's directions are as follows. Details of the individual excluded items applied for are not recorded.

Community care grants Budgeting loans Crisis loans
1988–89 9,610 29,370 1,620
1989–90 11,850 24,820 1,280
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of(a) budgeting loans (b) crisis loans and (c) community care grants were awarded to each of the 15 client groups defined by his Department in (a) Great Britain as a whole (b) the north-east region and (c) each of the offices serving the Tyne and Wear area for 1989–90.

Mr. Scott

The information requested is in the table:

Client Group Code 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Newcastle St James 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.7 1.8 27.0 0.0 0.4 16.7 35.6 1.0 3.9 0.0 11.4
Jarrow 01 01 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.8 2.3 24.7 0.0 0.3 11.8 40.6 1.3 2.9 0.0 14.3
Newcastle West 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.6 1.3 18.8 0.0 0.3 13.7 24.6 0.8 2.3 0.0 35.7
Houghton le Spring 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 2.0 22.5 0.0 0.0 17.6 32.1 1.4 3.0 0.0 20.3
Newcastle East 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.4 0.1 0.3 1.0 26.3 0.0 0.4 12.7 44.5 1.0 2.1 0.0 9.9
Community care grants
National 0.4 5.6 5.1 15.1 0.9 3.3 12.6 25.4 0.4 1.1 8.5 12.9 2.1 5.9 0.0 1.0
North East Region 0.2 4.7 5.3 15.1 0.9 3.6 11.9 25.6 0.4 1.2 10.2 12.8 2.1 5.0 0.1 0.9
Gateshead 0.0 4.1 7.0 14.3 1.1 2.8 11.8 28.8 0.4 1.0 8.2 14.0 1.6 4.1 0.0 0.8
North Shields 0.0 5.0 5.3 17.1 0.4 4.4 11.2 27.7 0.4 0.0 9.0 14.7 0.7 3.3 0.0 0.9
Wallsend 0.2 7.7 7.7 19.8 0.0 1.8 10.5 21.4 0.2 1.0 8.9 13.9 1.8 4.6 0.0 0.4
Sunderland South 0.1 5.1 4.9 15.9 2.0 4.4 14.4 24.3 0.5 1.3 8.4 10.4 2.1 5.4 0.0 0.8
South Shields 0.1 6.0 4.6 19.2 1.3 2.7 10.8 33.6 1.0 0.9 7.6 6.9 1.2 3.1 0.0 0.7
Sunderland North 0.2 3.0 5.4 12.4 1.8 4.0 10.7 26.6 0.3 1.8 10.8 16.5 1.4 4.6 0.0 0.5
Newcastle St James 0.4 4.3 3.0 14.3 0.4 2.6 12.3 26.3 0.0 1.1 7.8 16.6 1.6 8.1 0.0 1.1
Jarrow 0.0 4.8 8.5 23.1 0.4 4.2 14.9 21.8 0.1 1.5 7.2 4.5 3.3 5.1 0.0 0.6
Newcastle West 0.4 7.6 7.3 16.3 0.3 1.5 13.6 24.3 0.0 1.4 10.7 7.9 1.5 6.0 0.0 1.1
Houghton le Spring 0.2 2.5 2.0 8.0 0.7 2.7 14.5 29.4 0.5 1.2 19.7 10.5 2.0 5.2 0.0 0.7
Newcastle East 0.2 10.4 9.7 30.5 1.5 2.8 13.6 10.9 0.4 0.8 3.9 8.7 0.7 5.3 0.0 0.6
n/a = not applicable
Key to client group codes:
00 Not assigned
01 Over 80 and in receipt of Higher Pensioner Premium
02 Aged 60–79, disabled and in receipt of Higher Pensioner Premium
03 Aged 60–79, in receipt of Pensioner Premium or over 60 without Pensioner Premium
04 Lone Parent, in receipt of Disability Premium
05 Family, in receipt of Disability Premium
06 Other, in receipt of Disability Premium
07 Lone Parent, not in receipt of Disability Premium
08 Quarterly signer at UBO, in receipt of Family Premium
09 Quarterly signer at UBO, not in receipt of Family Premium
10 Signing as unemployed or with training allowance—in receipt of Family Premium
11 Signing as unemployed or with training allowance—not in receipt of Family Premium
12 Others, in receipt of Family Premium
13 Others, not in receipt of Family Premium
14 Involved in a trade dispute
15 Applicant not in receipt of Income Support

Mr. Terry Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of(a) budgeting loans (b) community care grants were awarded to each of the 15 client groups defined by his Department for the midlands region in the financial year 1989–90

Mr. Scott

[holding answer 24 May 1990]: The information requested is in the table:

Budgeting Loans Community Care Grants
Client Group Per cent. Per cent.
0 0.13 0.19
1 0.42 4.69
2 0.51 4.23
3 3.45 12.39
4 0.32 0.78
5 1.84 2.82
6 2.96 10.30
7 50.17 35.64
8 0.57 0.26
9 1.53 0.63
10 20.06 7.08
11 14.57 13.23
12 1.14 1.79
13 2.17 5.06
14 0.00 0.00
15 n/a 0.93
The figures do not sum because of rounding.
Key to Client Groups
0 Unallocated or unidentified
1 Over 80-with Income Support higher pensioner priemium.
2 Aged 60–79—disabled with higher pensioner premium.
3 Aged 60–79—with ordinary pensioner premium or over 60 without pensioner premium.
4 Lone parent with Income Support disability premium.

5 Family with disability premium.

6 Other with disability premium.

7 Lone parent without disability premium.

8 Signs at UBO quarterly with Income Support family premium.

9 Signs at UBO quarterly without family premium.

10 Signing unemployed or with training allowance with family premium.

11 Signing unemployed or with training allowance without family premium.

12 Others with family premium.

13 Others without family premium.

14 Involved in trade dispute.

15 Applicant not in receipt of Income Support—Notapplicable for budgeting loans.