HC Deb 11 September 2003 vol 410 c444W
Sandra Gidley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the(a) highest, (b) lowest, (c) mean and (d) median and (e) modal amount was for community care grants given as a result of domestic violence in each year since 1998. [125741]

Mr. Pond

The available information is in the table, data for other years could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Community care grants awarded to victims of domestic violence:

2000–01

£
Highest amount 3,275
Lowest amount 4
Mean amount 672
Median amount 604
Modal amount 300

Notes:

1. The scan contains the total amount awarded for each application just after the latest decision on it during 2000–01. The quantities asked for (except the modal amount) given by the scan will therefore be greater than or equal to those for initial awards and less than or equal to those for final awards.

2. The lowest amount was requested and awarded in full under Direction 4(b), ie for travelling expenses.

3. The modal amount corresponds to just 1.1 per cent of awards to victims of domestic violence.

4. Data are for Great Britain.

5. The information relates only to those people who have been awarded community care grants specifically as a result of domestic violence. Community care grants may also have been awarded for other reasons to other people who have been the victims of domestic violence.

6. Figures are rounded to the nearest £

Source:

Scan of the Social Fund Computer Systems.