HC Deb 13 November 1989 vol 160 c52W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list by his Department's regions the number of young people aged 16 and 17 years who have claimed a social security crisis loan since April 1988, to enable them to gain accommodation, and the number of claims granted.

Mr. Scott

Details of crisis loan awards by region and by local offices are available in the Library. Statistical data concerning the ages of applicants are not collected.