HC Deb 15 June 1989 vol 154 cc528-9W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total number and percentage of(a) budgetary loans and (b) community care grants awarded to the 15 client groups defined by his Department for each of the departments of social security serving Doncaster and Mexborough areas in the county of South Yorkshire for the financial year 1988–89.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The table contains the provisional figures for the period 11 April 1988 to 31 March 1989.

client groups defined by his Department for each of his Department's two offices serving the Coventry area for the financial year 1988–89.

Mr. Lloyd

[holding answer 8 June 1989]: Estimates of the proportions of budgeting loans and community care grants awarded to client groups for the period 11 April 1988 to 31 March 1989 are given in the table.

Budgeting loans and community care grants for Coventry (East) and Coventry (West) percentage by client group 1988–89
Per cent.
Client Group Budgeting Loans Community Care Grants
Coventry Coventry Coventry Coventry
(East) ILO (West) ILO (East) ILO (West) ILO
Unallocated or unidentified 0.4 0.4 0.0 1.3
Over 80—with income support higher pensioner premium 0.1 0.4 4.4 4.5
Aged 60–79—disabled with higher pensioner premium 0.5 0.4 2.8 3.1
Aged 60–79—with ordinary pensioner premium, or over 60 without pensioner premium 2.8 4.2 14.0 8.9
Lone parent with income support disability premium 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.3
Family with disability premium 1.6 2.8 1.7 2.2
Other with disability premium 4.3 3.3 12.0 9.4
Lone parent without disability premium 46.3 49.2 33.4 30.8
Signs at UBO quarterly with Income Support family premium 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.4
Signs at UBO quarterly without family premium 2.3 2.1 1.5 2.2
Signing unemployed or with training allowance with family premium 12.5 16.5 2.8 8.5
Signing unemployed or with training allowance without family premium 23.4 16.4 16.6 21.9
Others with family premium 1.0 0.9 1.7 0.9
Others without family premium 4.3 2.6 7.4 3.6
Involved in trade dispute 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Applicant not in receipt of income support—not applicable for budgeting loans n/a n/a 1.1 0.9

n/a = not applicable.