§ Mr. CanavanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will list, for each social security office in Scotland, for each month of the current financial year, the number of(a) successful claims and (b) unsuccessful claims for assistance from (i) social fund grants and (ii) social fund loans; and if he will give a breakdown of the number of unsuccessful claims at each office into categories of reasons for refusal.
§ Mr. Peter LloydInformation about the number of successful and unsuccessful claims and applications is396W available in the Library. Information about unsuccessful claims and applications broken down into categories of reasons for refusal could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. CanavanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will list, for each social security office in Scotland, the amounts allocated for(a) social fund grants and (b) social fund loans for the current financial year and the total amounts spent from (a) and (b) at the end of each month of the current financial year, expressing the latter figures also as percentages of the total allocations for the current financial year.
§ Mr. Peter LloydSuch information is available from the details in the Library.