HC Deb 25 January 1990 vol 165 cc808-11W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what number of claimants on income support were repaying a budget or crisis loan at the social security offices in(a) Caernarfon and (b) Porthmadog for each month since January 1989; what number of (a) one parent families, (b) sick and disabled claimants, (c) pensioners and (d) unemployed claimants on income support were repaying budget or crisis loans at (i) Caernarfon and (ii) Porthmadog for each month since January 1989.

Mr. Scott

[holding answer 22 January 1990]The information available is given in the tables. The figures represent the number of loans being repaid on the last day of each month.

Number of income support claimants Lone parents Disabled1 Pensioners Unemployed
January 26 3 2 — 19
February 32 3 1 — 26
March 37 4 2 — 28
April 49 8 3 1 35
May 45 6 1 — 35
June 52 12 1 — 38
July 61 13 1 — 45
August 72 18 1 — 48
September 84 18 — — 61
October 102 18 1 — 76
November 79 20 1 — 55
December 61 14 1 — 47
1 Applicants receiving a disability premium. It is not possible to identify separately applicants who are sick and not receiving a disability premium.

Porthmadog
Number of income support claimants Lone parents Disabled1 Pensioners Unemployed
BUDGETING LOANS
1989
January 147 58 12 13 57
February 167 66 13 15 67
March 181 70 14 18 72
April 193 79 14 17 77
May 194 76 11 16 85
June 182 68 11 18 79
July 184 67 13 16 81
August 180 66 12 15 79
September 175 70 12 18 75
October 174 72 11 17 69
November 181 74 13 16 70
December 196 80 14 16 79
CRISIS LOANS
1979
January 13 2 — — 11
February 19 4 — — 15
March 14 2 — — 12
April 15 1 — — 14
May 23 3 — — 20
June 17 1 — — 16
July 15 — — — 15
August 13 — — — 13
September 15 1 — — 21
October 22 1 — — 18
November 18 — — — 8
December 15 1 — — 13
1 Applicants receiving a disability premium. It is not possible to identify separately applicants who are sick and not receiving a disability premium.

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of income support claimants at the social security offices at(a) Caernarfon and (b) Porthmadog were (i) repaying a budgeting crisis loan from their benefit, (ii) repaying a budgeting or crisis loan at 10 per cent, or more of their benefit and (iii) repaying a budgeting or crisis loan at 15 per cent, or more of their benefit for each month since January 1989.

Mr. Scot

[holding answer 22 January 1990]Information regarding the percentage rate at which loans are being repaid is not collected. Information about the national and local income support caseload is collected on a quarterly basis and the number of loans being repaid on the last day of each quarter is shown in the table.

Caernarfon1 Budgeting Loans per cent. Crisis Loans per cent.
February 1989 6.227 0.570
May 1989 6.661 0.821
August 1989 6.072 1.224
November 1989 6.462 1.602
Porthmadog1
February 1989 3.560 0.405
May 1989 4.534 0.537
August 1989 4.391 0.296
November 1989 4.728 0.380
1 Quarter ending.

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total amount of budgeting or crisis loans out on loan to claimants on income support from the offices of(a) Caernarfon and (b) Porthmadog for each month from January 1989.

Mr. Scott

[holding answer 22 January 1990]The information available is set out in the table. The information represents the amounts outstanding on the last day of each calendar month.

Budgeting loans Crisis loans
£ £
Caernarfon
January 1989 46,358.39 2,387.73
February 1989 49,334.83 2,288.22
March 1989 50,457.04 1,935.39
April 1989 47,202.96 2,605.87
May 1989 48,819.33 2,752.90
June 1989 49,154.83 3,487.62
July 1989 51,045.79 4,314.49
August 1989 49,485.72 4,700.18
September 1989 49,739.02 5,657.84
October 1989 55,007.98 7,281.69
November 1989 60,301.21 7,152.50
December 1989 59,995.43 8,261.09
Porthmadog
January 1989 32,716.58 967.22
February 1989 34,936.28 1,132.00
March 1989 35,087.15 1,011.55
April 1989 36,365.47 1,079.50
May 1989 36,476.63 1,377.96
June 1989 34,499.69 1,335.57
July 1989 33,012.67 1,162.61
August 1989 30,578.93 1,306.96
September 1989 30,090.01 1,552.51
October 1989 29,010.37 2,176.98
November 1989 29,286.21 2,564.60
December 1989 29,328.03 2,257.77

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