§ Mr. FlynnTo 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 ShephardThe 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.
88W2. 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.