HC Deb 26 March 1990 vol 170 cc78-80W
Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give the numbers of applications(a) received and (b) approved for budgeting loans and crisis loans in each of the social security offices in Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Leven and Cowdenbeath for each month in 1989.

Mr. Scott

The information is in the Library.

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is(a) the estimated expenditure on social fund budgeting and crisis loans and (b) the actual expenditure for each month between January 1989 and December 1989 inclusive for the Leven, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy Social Security offices.

Mr. Scott

The information given in the table represents the spending profile set at the start of each financial year for each office requested. The profile is adjusted at the end of each month to take account of actual expenditure and can be adjusted at any time to take account of local circumstances. Information for actual spending is in the Library.

Community Care Grants per cent. Loans per cent.
Leven
1989
January 7.87 7.87
February 9.19 9.19
March 9.40 9.40
April 7.93 7.93
May 8.33 8.33
June 8.33 8.33
July 8.33 8.33
August 8.33 8.33
September 8.02 8.02
October 8.88 8.88
November 8.89 8.89
December 7.75 7.75
Dunfermline
1989
January 7.87 7.87
February 9.19 9.19
March 9.40 9.40
April 7.93 7.93
May 8.33 8.33
June 8.33 8.33
July 8.33 8.33
August 8.33 8.33
September 8.02 8.02
October 8.88 8.88
November 8.89 8.89
December 7.75 7.75
Cowdenbeath
1989
January 7.78 7.78
February 9.19 9.19
March 9.40 9.40
April 7.93 7.93
May 8.33 8.33
June 8.33 8.33
Community Care Grants Loans
per cent. per cent.
July 8.33 8.33
August 8.33 8.33
September 8.02 8.02
October 8.88 8.88
November 8.89 8.89
December 9.09 9.09
Kirkcaldy
1989
January 7.89 7.89
February 9.19 9.19
March 9.40 9.40
April 7.93 7.93
May 8.33 8.33
June 8.33 8.33
July 8.33 8.33
August 8.33 8.33
September 8.02 8.02
October 8.88 8.88
November 8.89 8.89
December 7.75 7.75

Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of income support recipients are now having deductions made from benefit as a result of paying back social fund loans(a) nationally, (b) regionally and (c) in each local Department of Social Security office area.

Mr. Scott

[pursuant to his reply, 23 February 1990, c. 938-45]: The information for those offices in the London North region was found to be incorrect. The corrected information is given in the table.

London North Region Per cent.
Acton 5.63
Aylesbury 3.67
Banbury 5.69
Barking 4.43
Barnet 4.32
Basildon 5.97
Bedford 4.68
Braintree 3.88
Bury St. Edmunds 3.42
Cambridge 11.33
Canning Town 8.59
Chelmsford 7.14
Clacton 3.05
Colchester 5.78
Cricklewood 19.68
Diss 1.81
Dunstable 1.11
Ealing 3.18
Edgware 7.03
Edmonton 3.09
Euston 4.69
Finsbury Park 6.42
Grays 8.92
Great Yarmouth 6.72
Hackney 9.36
Harlesden 10.53
Harlow 3.03
Harrow 3.13
Hemel Hempstead 2.66
Hendon 6.53
Hertford 3.97
Highgate 6.43
High Wycombe 4.17
Hoxton 9.89
Ilford 4.22
Ipswich 5.05
Kings Lynn 4.47
Leytonstone 6.50
London North Region Per cent.
Lowestoft 6.85
Luton 8.36
Milton Keynes 7.86
Neasden 6.23
Norwich (C) 6.10
Norwich (M) 7.71
Notting Hill 8.79
Oxford 7.94
Paddington 3.32
Peterborough 10.17
Plaistow 6.82
Poplar 7.68
Romford 3.88
St. Albans 4.80
Shoreditch 8.73
Southall 8.97
Southend 4.94
Stepney 5.81
Stevenage 6.24
Thames North 3.21
Tottenham 10.40
Uxbridge 5.58
Walthamstow 6.68
Watford 5.38
Woodgrange Park 9.75
Wood Green 7.33