§ Mr. TraceyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will announce the social fund allocation for the new office in New Malden and also the revised allocation for Kingston following the closure of Surbiton local office on 29 June.
§ Mr. Peter LloydOn 29 June 1989 a new local office in New Malden opened following the closure of Surbiton local office which also affected the boundaries for Kingston. Accordingly the social fund allocation for Kingston has been adjusted. The revised allocations effective from 29 June 1989 are:
Loans £ Grants £ New Malden 62,213 29,006 Kingston 111,758 52,118
§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the average waiting time for claimants' requests for a loan under the social fund to be processed in each social security benefit office in Greater Manchester.
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§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 23 June 1989]: The table gives details for budgeting and crisis loans of the average clearance times achieved during May 1989.
Clearance times for loans—Greater Manchester Days Office 1Budget loans Crisis loans Farnworth 2.71 2.68 Hyde 2.67 0.81 Manchester (Central) 2.47 0.56 Manchester (Cheetham) 6.55 1.57 Manchester (Chorlton) 15.82 0.62 Manchester (Failsworth) 9.28 103 Manchester (Longsight) 8.20 0.60 Manchester (Middleton) —0.12 1.67 Manchester (Openshaw) 14.01 1.29 Manchester (Rusholme) 16.84 1.45 Manchester (Sale) 11.12 0.32 Manchester (Wythenshawe) 12.13 0.59 Oldham 5.68 0.66 Salford (North) 5.76 0.40 Salford (South) 18.32 0.26 Stockport (North) 6.77 0.27 Stockport (South) 1.20 0.46 1 The clearance times for budget loans are net figures. These are arrived at by deducting 5 days from the gross clearance time.The 5-day adjustment is a national average figure intended to allow for the time taken by applicants to respond to the offer of a loan.