HC Deb 24 May 1989 vol 153 cc548-9W
Mr. Cousins

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 (i) Great Britain, (ii) the northern Department of Social Security region and (iii) each of the departments of Social Security serving the Tyne and Wear area for the financial year 1988–89.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

[holding answer 15 May 1989]: Provisional estimates for the year 1988–89 based on data for the period June 1988 to March 1989 are as follows:

Client Groups (see Key)
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total awards
Newcastle West 0.4 4.6 3.6 21.8 0.6 1.5 10.1 20.1 0.8 1.1 10.3 16.1 1.9 5.9 0.0 1.1 539
Wallsend 0.0 1.7 4.7 16.7 0.9 1.3 9.8 28.2 0.0 0.4 8.1 20.9 2.1 3.4 0.0 1.7 250
Houghton le Spring 0.5 5.5 4.1 4.1 0.5 3.2 14.5 21.8 0.5 1.8 30.9 10.0 0.9 1.8 0.0 0.0 237
Jarrow 0.0 5.1 6.8 19.5 0.6 4.5 9.9 25.7 0.3 0.8 9.0 10.7 1.7 4.8 0.0 0.6 365
North Shields 0.3 4.9 3.9 11.2 0.6 2.1 11.2 27.3 0.0 0.0 12.1 17.9 0.3 7.3 0.0 0.9 341
South Shields 0.2 2.9 3.6 17.1 1.0 1.7 10.3 26.7 0.2 1.0 7.8 18.4 2.1 6.8 0.0 0.8 546
Sunderland North 0.2 1.9 2.9 12.7 0.8 1.5 9.2 24.2 1.0 2.1 15.2 21.9 1.3 4.6 0.0 0.6 543
Sunderland South 0.3 3.7 4.0 14.4 0.8 3.2 11.2 20.5 1.1 1.3 8.3 18.9 4.5 6.9 0.0 0.8 386

n/a =Not applicable.

Key

Code Meaning
00 Unallocated or unidentified (by default)
Applicant or partner aged 60 or over
01 Over 80–—with Income Support higher pensioner premium
02 Aged 60–79—disabled with higher pensioner premium
03 Aged 60–79—with ordinary pensioner premium, or over 60 without pensioner premium
Applicant and partner aged under 60
04 Lone parent with Income Support disability premium
05 Family with disability premium
06 Other with disability premium
07 Lone parent without disability premium
08 Signs at UBO quarterly with Income Support family premium
09 Signs at UBO quarterly without family premium
10 Signing unemployed or with training allowance with family premium
11 Signing unemployed or with training allowance without family premium
12 Others with family premium
13 Others without family premium
14 Involved in trade dispute
15 Applicant not in receipt of Income Support