§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many new claims for family credit were made, how many were decided and how many awards resulted in each week since the beginning of April 1989; how many renewal claims, decisions and awards were made; how many existing awards expired and were not renewed; and what was the net increase in the number of current awards.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[pursuant to his reply, 15 May 1989 c.76–78.]: I regret that the reply given has been found to contain an error. The information requested with the amended figures is as follows:—
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Registrations1 Decisions Awards New Claims Week ending:— 7 April 7,639 7,535 4,383 14 April 8,697 7,656 4,597 21 April 16,995 8,554 4,660 28 April 22,867 10,926 5,018 5 May 17,881 10,975 4,191 12 May 24,166 15,740 5,541 19 May 26,267 17,141 6,038 26 May 26,586 14,003 4,714 2 June 17,803 12,990 4,150
Registrations1 Decisions Awards 9 June 20,927 23,886 8,744 16 June 17,014 21,968 8,391 Renewal claims Week ending:— 7 April 7,795 6,615 5,799 14 April 7,600 7,152 6,394 21 April 7,425 7,115 6,325 28 April 6,475 6,912 6,124 5 May 4,770 5,044 4,371 12 May 7,705 5,978 5,207 19 May 8,572 5,902 5,100 26 May 9,115 4,652 4,025 2 June 7,552 4,263 3,592 9 June 8,713 8,854 7,662 16 June 6,938 8,381 7,213 45,964 awards expired in April, and 64,345 in May, and 44,038 are due to expire in June2. 1 Some claims received each week were not registered until the following week. On 16 June, 1,127 claims were awaiting registration. 2 Figures for awards expiring are available only on a monthly basis. No information is available about how many of the awards expiring were not renewed. The number of current awards is not available on a weekly basis. At the end of March 253,500 awards were actually in payment, and at 18 June this had risen to 255,702.
§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the average amount of family credit awarded in each week since the beginning of April 1989.
§ Mr. Scott[holding answer 13 June 1989]: I regret that the information requested is not available. The latest information relates to all awards of family credit in payment on 18 June 1989, when the average amount was estimated to be just over £25. This is broadly the same as the average amount in payment in March 1989.