HC Deb 14 March 1990 vol 169 cc284-8W
Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide for the Bradford social security offices the information on social fund budget and crisis loans provided in his reply to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) of 25 January,Official Report, columns 809–12.

Mr. Scott

The information given in the table represents the number of loans being repaid on the last day of each month.

Number of income support applicants Lone parents Disabled1 Pensioners Unemployed
March 124 26 1 3 82
April 115 28 0 3 79
May 129 34 1 5 82
June 139 33 1 2 98
July 141 23 3 1 101
August 422 29 5 2 79
September 143 39 3 4 88
October 158 40 2 4 100
November 167 49 3 1 102
December 143 40 4 0 91
BRADFORD SOUTH
Budget Loans 1989
January 771 402 48 27 256
February 833 428 46 32 290
March 894 463 42 38 312
April 982 506 42 35 353
May 1,075 534 48 38 410
June 1,149 595 50 39 413
July 1,178 608 51 48 414
August 1,171 606 47 39 414
September 1,210 639 48 43 418
October 1,217 642 52 46 416
November 1,202 634 52 44 411
December 1,192 635 54 47 393
Crisis Loans 1989
January 96 26 2 2 55
February 108 25 3 3 66
March 118 25 5 1 76
April 101 23 3 2 65
May 116 19 3 2 84
June 113 21 4 2 77
July 120 26 4 2 77
August 134 35 3 1 86
September 147 28 3 2 103
October 162 28 5 1 112
November 159 36 3 1 106
December 156 36 4 3 103
BRADFORD WEST
Budget Loans 1989
January 826 312 76 46 327
February 879 346 71 49 351
March 929 358 77 56 373
April 951 375 73 62 380
May 979 377 71 63 405
June 1,015 403 70 64 419
July 1,024 411 67 63 426
August 990 405 67 57 406
September 967 399 62 59 395
October 977 396 71 64 390
November 1,002 412 70 62 402
December 984 416 64 55 402
Crisis Loans 1989
January 91 19 3 0 55
February 93 22 2 1 57
March 90 25 3 0 52
April 92 25 2 1 57
May 92 21 4 1 54
June 88 26 4 1 45
July 101 29 3 0 60
August 116 32 7 1 62
September 105 38 1 0 55
October 95 29 3 1 52
November 99 24 3 3 58
December 100 30 3 3 56
1 Applicants receiving a disability premium. It is not possible to identify separately applicants who are sick and not receiving a disability premium.

Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide for the Bradford social security offices the information on the proportion of income support claimants repaying budget and crisis loans provided in the manner of his reply of 25 January to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley), Official Report, columns 811–12.

Mr. Scott

Information about the local income support caseload is collected on a quarterly basis and the percentage of loans being repaid on the last day of each quarter is shown in the table.

Budgeting loans Crisis loans
per cent. per cent.
Bradford East
February 1989 7.390 0.975
May 1989 8.526 1.000
August 1989 8.800 0.918
November 1989 9.600 1.323
Bradford West
February 1989 7.530 0.797
May 1989 8.570 0.805
August 1989 8.349 0.978
November 1989 8.464 0.836
Bradford South
February 1989 7.215 0.935
May 1989 9.244 0.998
August 1989 9.775 1.119
November 1989 10.254 1.356

Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide for the Bradford social security offices the information on budgeting and crisis loans provided in his reply of 25 January to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley),Official Report, columns 812–13.

Mr. Scott

The information given in the table represents the provisional amounts outstanding on the last day of each calendar month.

Budgeting loans Crisis loans
£ £
Bradford East
1989
January 140,942.21 14,687.02
February 160,510.33 15,047.83
March 179,816.99 16,159.13
April 200,618.34 18,989.92
May 212,374.59 22,085.93
June 221,129.65 23,728.09
July 221,455.57 27,380.30
August 212,477.88 28,356.86
September 209,111.24 31,752.55
October 200,938.20 31,795.34
November 210,934.55 34,952.49
December 205,800.39 36,913.19
Bradford West
January 159,897.95 13,646.82
February 172,273.28 15,293.81
March 188,264.30 16,729.69
April 198,362.53 19,359.65
May 213,301.91 21,475.74
June 220,080.00 23,300.79
July 221,823.79 26,507.36
August n/a n/a
September 208,432.73 30,134.77
October 207,862.58 32,164.37
November 218,004.89 32,627.23
December 214,927.04 33,851.43
Bradford South
January 127,454.88 11,808.44
February 149,906.97 14,365.61
March 176,022.78 16,381.78
April 188,297.91 18,135.07

Budgeting loans Crisis loans
£ £
May 200,714.97 19,250.12
June 210,627.92 19,429.18
July 215,742.32 22,417.17
August 208,884.30 24,592.56
September 214,962.19 27,549.72
October 215,997.96 30,741.48
November 217,045.99 34,157.41
December 210,550.69 34,192.18