HC Deb 15 November 1990 vol 180 cc213-4W
Mr. Mallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total number, and value, of(a) community care grants, (b) budgeting loans and (c) crisis loans (i) issued and (ii) refused, by each office of the Department of Health and Social Services Northern Ireland in each quarter since the social fund was established.

Mr. Needham

Information about the number of community care grants, budgeting loans and crisis loans processed each month, the number awarded and the amount paid for each social security office is available in the Library. The number of applications refused can be derived from these figures. However, information on the value of applications refused is not available.

Mr. Mallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of individuals receiving income support are currently repaying loans from the social fund; and if he will give details for each office of the Department of Health and Social Services in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Needham

The proportion of individuals receiving income support and repaying loans from the social fund at 31 August 1990, the latest date for which information is available, was 17.12 per cent.

Details for each office are as follows:

Social Security Office Loans being repaid
(per cent.)
Andersonstown 35.97
Antrim 22.64
Armargh 15.71
Ballymena 16.42
Ballymoney 15.29
Ballynahinch 7.28
Banbridge 13.72
Bangor 9.92
Carrickfergus 16.20
Coleraine 18.87
Cookstown 14.17
Corporation Street 25.84
Downpatrick 17.94
Dungannon 12.30
Enniskillen 8.93
Falls 29.66
Holywood Road 15.07
Kilkeel 10.65
Knockbreda 10.90
Larne 21.68
Limavady 13.24
Lisburn 21.04
Londonderry 22.22
Lurgan 25.71
Magherafelt 15.53
Newcastle 10.24
Newry 15.06
Newtownabbey 15.80
Newtownards 11.24
Omagh 14.45
Portadown 15.62

Social Security Office Loans being repaid
(per cent.)
Shaftesbury Square 20.56
Shankill 28.11
Strabane 14.14