HC Deb 19 July 1990 vol 176 c696W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many, and what percentage, of income support claimants under 60 years of age are repaying social fund loans by deductions from their benefit payments.

Mr. Scott

At June 1990, the latest date for which data are available, 399,421 social fund loans were being recovered from income support recipients under the age of 60, representing 14.4 per cent. of all such recipients.