§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for the Doncaster and Mexborough areas of South Yorkshire to date what statistical information he has as to the different reasons given by social fund officers(a) for negative decisions to claimants on (i) budgeting loans and (ii) partial awards and (b) to claimants for nil award decisions for (i) community care grants and (ii) partial awards.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 17 April 1989]: The local offices in the Doncaster and Mexborough areas of South Yorkshire are Doncaster East, Doncaster West, and Wath on Dearne.
The table gives the number of times that a reason for decision is used by social fund officers for determining a nil award for community care grants and budgeting loans.
No information is collected on reasons for decision for partial awards.
An application can be refused for more than one reason. The total number of reasons for decision used will be equal to or greater than the number of applications refused. Information on the numbers of applications processed and awards is available in the Library.
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Number DONCASTER EAST Budgeting Loans—Reasons for Decision Savings over £500 meet the full cost: 2 Not in receipt of IS: 79 Not in receipt of IS for 26 weeks: 429 Item(s) excluded by direction: 71 Applicant excluded: 4 Applied for less than £30: 38 Adjusted amount less than £30: 12 Total debt exceeds £1,000: 0 Previous application and decision for the item: 51 Inability to repay: 16 Help available from other source. 7 Priority too low to meet from the budget. 492 Alternative available to whole application. 4 Loan refused because CCG awarded. 33 Others not covered above. 74 Community Care Grants—Reasons for Decision Savings over £500 meet the full cost: 0 Not in receipt of IS and unlikely to qualify: 29 Item(s) excluded by Direction: 19 Applicant excluded by Direction: 0 Applied for less than £30: 7 Adjusted amount less than £30: 2 Previous application and decision for the item: 15 Help available from another source. 3
Number Priority too low to meet from the budget. 3 Alternative available to the whole application 1 Others not covered above. 271
Number DONCASTER WEST Budgeting Loans—Reasons for Decision Savings over £500 meet the full cost 1 Not in receipt of IS 126 Not in receipt of IS for 26 weeks 315 Item(s) excluded by direction 70 Applicant excluded 1 Applied for less than £30 34 Adjusted amount less than £30 18 Total debt exceeds £1,000 0 Previous application and decision for the item 48 Inability to repay 70 Help available from another source 22 Priority too low to meet from the budget 328 Alternative available to whole application 24 Loan refused because CCG awarded 35 Others not covered above 121 Community Care Grants—Reasons for decision Savings over £500 meet the full cost 3 Not in receipt of IS and unlikely to qualify 38 Item(s) excluded by direction 18 Applicant excluded by direction 1 Applied for less than £30 11 Adjusted amount less than £30 2 Previous application and decision for the item 14 Help available from another source 6 Priority too low to meet from the budget 4 Alternative available to whole application 3 Others not covered above 345
Number WATH ON DEARNE Budgeting loans—reasons for decision Savings over £500 meet the full cost: 0 Not in receipt of IS: 73 Not in receipt of IS for 26 weeks: 227 Item(s) excluded by direction: 42 Applicant excluded: 1 Applied for less than £30: 13 Adjusted amount less than £30: 2 Total debt exceeds £1,000: 0 Previous application and decision for the item: 14 Inability to repay: 15 Help available from another source. 0 Priority too low to meet from the budget. 182 Alternative available to whole application. 0 Loan refused because CCG awarded. 18 Others not covered above. 80 Community care grants—reasons for decision Savings over £500 meet the full cost: 0 Not in receipt of IS and unlikely to qualify: 26 Item(s) excluded by direction: 13 Applicant excluded by direction: 2 Applied for less than £30: 3 Adjusted amount less than £30: 0 Previous application and decision for the item: 0 Help available from another source. 2 Priority too low to meet from the budget. 1 Alternative available to the whole application. 0 Others not covered above. 15