HC Deb 22 January 1990 vol 165 cc573-4W
Ms. Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what representations he has received from actors reluctant to accept contracts in excess of eight weeks for

Number of IS claimants Lone parents Disabled1 Pensioners Unemployed
000s 000s 000s 000s 000s
Budgeting loans
1989
January 243 106 24 12.0 86
February 265 117 24 13.0 95
March 284 126 25 14.0 104
April 301 135 25 15.0 110
May 314 141 25 15.0 111
June 326 148 25 15.0 120
July 332 152 25 16.0 122
August 336 154 24 16.0 125
September 339 157 24 16.0 124
October 344 161 24 16.0 125
November 351 167 23 16.0 128
December 344 166 22 16.0 124
Crisis loans
1989
January 40 8 1 0.5 27
February 45 9 1 0.5 30
March 47 9 1 0.5 36
April 48 10 1 0.5 33
May 48 9 1 0.5 33
June 49 10 1 0.5 33
July 49 10 1 0.5 34
August 50 10 1 0.5 34
September 50 11 1 0.5 33

fear of losing full entitlement to the payment of mortgage interest if subsequently unemployed; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The Department has no record of any such representations.