§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the percentage of the annual social fund budget allocated for each month of 1988–89 for grants and loans(a) in the Edinburgh, Leith local office and (b) in each of the other local offices in Lothian region; and what social fund claims and payments have been made to date, broken down into (i) the number of social fund claims issued and returned for each of grants, budget loans, and for crisis loans, (ii) the number of awards, partial awards and refusals for both grants and loans, (iii) the average payment and (iv) the number of awards successful on review; and if he will give the loans for claimant group 'E', 'A' and pensioners.
§ Mr. Peter LloydDetails of the numbers of applications for social fund loans and grants processed and awarded, listed by local office, including information on annual budget allocations and expenditure, are in the Library. Local offices do not, however, have monthly budgets. To assist local office management, there is a national profile of anticipated monthly expenditure which may be adjusted to reflect local demands. Details of the national profile were given in my predecessor's reply to the hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett) on 11 July 1988 at column61.
No statistics are maintained on the number of application forms issued to potential social fund applicants and their representatives.
Details of the number of awards successful on review and the numbers of loans awarded to each social fund client group in the offices requested for the year to the end of December 1988 are shown in the tables.
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A. The number of social fund awards successful on review Local office Number Amount awarded (£) Bathgate 143 25,882.19 Edinburgh City 9 1,558.55 Edinburgh East 127 21,041.69
Local office Number Amount awarded (£) Edinburgh North 21 3,138.40 Edinburgh South 75 12,381.78 Edinburgh West 53 6,609.64 Total 428 70,612.25
Loans awarded to social fund client groups Client group Loans awarded Amount granted (£) 01 74 12,876.29 02 76 14,245.38 03 318 53,948.25 04 64 12,152.46 05 593 85,311.48 06 436 69,063.44 07 4,108 726,898.36 08 59 10,945.05 09 224 26,402.86 10 1,509 288,461.74 11 4,159 384,959.82 12 82 13,399.53 13 1,294 100,298.40 15 638 32,433.82
C. List of social fund client group codes. Code Client Group 01 Aged over 80 with higher pension premium 02 Aged 60 to 79 disabled with higher pensioner premium 03 Aged 60 to 79 with ordinary pensioner premium or over 60 without pensioner premium Applicant and partner aged under 60 04 Lone parent with disability premium 05 Family with disability premium 06 Other with disability premium 07 Lone parent without disability premium 08 Unemployed with family premium—signing quarterly 09 Unemployed without family premium—signing quarterly 10 Unemployed or with training allowance—with family premium 11 Unemployed or with training allowance—without family premium 12 Others with family premium 13 Others without family premium 15 Applicants not receiving Income Support