HC Deb 08 May 1990 vol 172 cc87-8W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claims and awards of family credit were made in each month since April 1988; and how many claims were outstanding at the end of each month.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The information is in the table:

Claims Awards Outstanding
1988
April 96,505 40,213 n/a
May 41,721
June 52,293 36,145
July 46,100 37,912 63,836
August 46,376 40,249 49,501
September 47,759 24,158 64,888
October 56,373 44,944 57,560
November 57,850 46,234 50,001
December 44,834 35,797 45,672
1989
January 63,638 42,712 48,701
February 60,318 45,180 45,111
March 68,637 47,184 47,096
April 96,752 43,300 78,214
May 123,038 39,178 120,781
June 107,276 73,778 86,440
July 66,075 50,004 70,116
August 62,397 48,158 57,472
September 80,792 54,498 54,355
October 80,670 50,510 59,084
November 85,530 55,077 61,305
December 70,996 43,694 61,071
1990
January 78,122 50,225 57,953
February 76,049 51,772 53,052
March 89,088 57,961 52,081
April 77,080 42,794 65,697

Notes:

1. The figures are for the four or five weeks ending on the last Friday of the month.

2. The figures for claims received include those made to renew existing awards and those made more than four weeks before the expiry of an existing award (and therefore invalid).

n/a = Not available.