§ Ms. MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will provide figures for(a) the total social fund allocation for 1989–90 and the total for each office, (b) the total community care grant allocation for 1989–90 and the total for each office, (c) the total budget loan allocation for 1989–90 and the total for each office, (d) the total crisis loan allocation for 1989–90 and the total for each office, (e) the current number of claimants
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Table 1 Social Fund Budget 1989–90 Social Security Office Loans £ Grants £ Total £ Income support caseload at 28 February 1989 Per Capita(Loans and Grants) £ Per Capita (Grants) £ Andersonstown 906,010 442,394 1,348,404 7,219 187 61 Antrim 436,917 225,670 662,587 5,268 126 43 Armagh 318,737 169,258 487,995 4,730 103 36 Ballymena 385,109 197,790 582,899 5,841 100 34 Ballymoney 268,617 138,228 406,845 4,418 92 31 Ballynahinch 44,710 25,029 69,739 1,490 47 17 Banbridge 160,814 86,686 247,500 3,152 79 28 Bangor 187,166 104,295 291,461 4,408 66 24 Carrickfergus 171,258 92,526 263,784 2,887 91 32 Coleraine 427,065 223,561 650,626 5,989 109 37 Cookstown 257,932 145,324 403,256 3,517 115 41 Corporation Street 1,065,039 554,510 1,619,549 11,966 135 46 Downpatrick 168,476 87,131 255,607 2,281 112 38 Dungannon 406,060 215,442 621,502 5,964 104 36 registered at each office and in total, (f) the social fund allocation for 1989–90 to each office as a sum per head for claimants of each office, (g) the social fund grant allocation for 1989–90 to each office as a sum per head of claimants registered with each office, (h) the expenditure for each individual office on single payments for 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87 and (i) the expenditure by each office to date for 1988–89 on (i) grants, (ii) crisis loans, (iii) budget loans and (iv) the total.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 15 March 1989]: Details of social fund expenditure for 1988–89 are available in the Library. Social fund allocations for 1989–90 are as follows:
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Social Security Office Loans £ Grants £ Total £ Income support caseload at 28 February 1989 Per Capita (Loans and Grants) £ Per Capita (Grants) £ Enniskillen 311,496 177,326 488,822 8,185 60 22 Falls Road 770,139 377,447 1,147,586 8,679 132 43 Holywood Road 504,299 274,270 778,569 8,051 97 34 Kilkeel 59,062 32,365 91,427 1,391 66 23 Knockbreda 266,805 148,627 415,432 6,201 67 24 Larne 170,264 86,575 256,839 2,716 95 32 Limavady 152,072 83,371 235,443 3,147 75 26 Lisburn 698,751 363,379 1,062,130 5,901 180 62 Londonderry 1,160,923 619,379 1,780,302 15,396 116 40 Lurgan 794,217 416,837 1,211,054 5,300 229 79 Magherafelt 413,409 241,428 654,837 5,204 126 46 Newcastle 78,413 41,673 120,086 1,854 65 22 Newry 679,813 365,701 1,045,514 8,764 119 42 Newtownabbey 287,105 143,676 430,781 5,188 83 28 Newtownards 153,776 86,183 239,959 4,074 59 21 Omagh 394,289 206,030 600,319 5,553 108 37 Portadown 214,415 117,649 332,064 3,751 89 31 Shaftesbury Square 584,744 297,163 881,907 6,113 144 49 Shankill 397,224 204,608 601,832 5,206 116 39 Strabane 405,014 208,561 613,575 5,902 104 35 Totals 13,700,140 7,200,092 20,900,232 185,706 Separate amounts are not allocated for budgeting and crisis loans. A paper containing details of the basis of the
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Table 2 Single payments Social Security Office 11 April 1984 to 9 April 1985 10 April 1985 to 8 April 1986 9 April 1986 to 7 April 1987 Andersonstown1 736,226.60 2,083,322.73 2,026,087.04 Antrim 1,113,871.38 1,377,790.29 1,109,842.60 Armagh 529,527.20 779,983.89 869,392.31 Ballymena 449,758.71 538,339.15 650,163.58 Ballymoney 384,891.76 566,299.81 704,997.40 Ballynahinch 48,486.67 101,011.30 102,232.08 Banbridge 211,318.58 319,642.20 411,106.84 Bangor 259,130.32 349,428.56 392,299.28 Carrickfergus 424,221.14 401,983.58 457,043.84 Coleraine 743,091.50 781,873.07 953,407.46 Cookstown 793,773.32 871,614.16 827,789.36 Corporation Street 1,703,687.50 2,616,027.96 2,932,467.67 Downpatrick 231,632.74 512,341.21 474,675.40 Dungannon 1,240,385.98 1,452,232.35 1,234,932.09 Enniskillen 613,539.23 718,960.34 829,761.87 Falls Road 1,797,840.01 2,119,113.19 2,097,269.87 Holywood Road 839,125.84 1,408,628.92 1,360,904.07 Kilkeel 92,032.11 112,376.32 118,439.31 Knockbreda 357,149.04 594,729.98 579,023.77 Larne 291,008.87 354,012.55 483,425.68 Limavady 321,746.14 531,214.46 496,338.88 Lisburn 1,598,466.31 1,724,662.57 1,964,410.64 Londonderry 2,106,931.93 2,847,444.30 3,421,316.13 Lurgan 1,123,598.17 1,643,531.75 1,717,287.45 Magherafelt 569,388.79 846,385.66 1,760,944.38 Newcastle 157,751.84 223,439.33 280,498.79 Newry 1,317,709.57 1,759,619.51 1,722,121.04 Newtownabbey 994,825.05 890,028.04 938,195.76 Newtownards 317,451.06 315,620.57 316,442.37 Omagh 746,152.32 1,086,299.53 1,217,556.30 Portadown 389,125.75 689,985.33 714,763.75 Shaftesbury Square 689,953.00 1,138,359.98 1,517,422.73 Shankill 610,972.41 710,471.61 951,914.71 Strabane 1,639,291.94 1,786,133.88 1,366,861.44 Totals 25,444,062.78 34,252,828.08 37,001,335.89 1 Andersonstown Social Security Office opened on 26 September 1984. allocations is being placed in the Library. The available information about expenditure on single payments is as follows: