§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many income support claimants in percentage and number of individuals(a) in each of the Nottingham social security offices and (b) nationally are repaying social fund loans, (ii) repaying gas or electricity arrears, (iii) repaying rent arrears, (iv) repaying water charge arrears and (v) repaying poll tax arrears from their income support.
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§ Mr. ScottThe information requested is given in the table.
Income support customers with deductions for debt by number and percentage of total customers Nottingham (West) district office Nottingham (East) district office National figures Number Percentage of total number Number Percentage of total number Number Percentage of total number Total number of income support customers 27,919 30,290 4,927,860 Fuel 2,110 7.56 1,625 5.36 259,718 5.27 Rent 1,616 5.79 1,316 4.34 100,162 2.03 Water 510 1.83 521 1.72 82,794 1.68 Community charge 567 2.03 526 1.74 89,098 1.81 Social fund 3,571 12.79 2,898 9.57 523,630 10.63 Notes:
1. The figures used in the table are based on DSS Management Information Statistics for the month of August 1991.
2. The Social Fund figures are based on the number of people making repayments over the whole of August and not at the end of the statistical month. It is not possible to exclude from the figures repayments made by people not in receipt of Income Support.
3. The information for rent, fuel and water includes cases where a deduction is being made for current charges only.