HC Deb 17 October 1990 vol 177 cc819-20W
Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many applications for review were received during the period April 1989 to March 1990 inclusive in respect of(a) social fund community care grants, (b) social fund budgeting loans and (c) social fund crisis loans, by each of his Department's local offices at Eston, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Stockton, and how many of each of these applications for review resulted in revised decisions.

Mr. Scott

[pursuant to his reply, 23 July 1990, columns 88–89]: Some of the information given in the table was found to have been misinterpreted. The corrected information is as follows:

April 1989 to March 1990
Applications received Decisions revised
Eston
Community care grants 98 23
Budgeting loans 251 57
Crisis loans 9 4
Hartlepool
Community care grants 163 38
Budgeting loans 270 57
Crisis loans 9 3
Middlesbrough
Community care grants 569 158
Budgeting loans 771 295
Crisis loans 44 13
Stockton
Community care grants 520 164
Budgeting loans 561 173
Crisis loans 17 6
Redcar
Community care grants 127 49
Budgeting loans 162 48
Crisis loans 4 2

Some of the revised decisions will refer to review applications made in a previous period and decisions may not have been made on some of the review applications made in the period shown.