§ Mr. LoydenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people within the last year applied for(a) a crisis loan, (b) a budgeting loan and (c) a community care grant from social fund, Merseyside; how many were subsequently awarded payment in each of the stated categories; how many people were refused help and for what reasons; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Scott[holding answer 28 January 1991]: The information requested is given in the following tables:
Table A Crisis Loans YTD figures for month ending December 1990 Local office Number of applications Number of awards Number of refusals Belle Vale 705 642 10 Bootle 1,017 919 64 Breckfield 1,677 1,540 86 City 1,426 1,289 28 Crosby 837 804 18 Edgehill 1,990 1,832 63 Garston 707 435 132 Huyton 1,308 1,241 24 Kirkby 1,159 1,121 27 Norris Green 734 672 36 Toxteth 3,096 2,419 127 West Derby 411 410 3 TOTAL 15,067 13,324 618
Table B Budgeting Loans YTD figures for month ending December 1990 Local office Number of applications Number of awards Number of refusals Belle Vale 2,576 1,521 907 Bootle 3,380 2,095 1,061 Breckfield 3,929 2,093 1,489 City 2,320 1,387 711 Crosby 2,353 1,312 889 Edgehill 4,004 2,222 1,452 Garston 1,692 1,058 562 Huyton 3,961 2,606 1,084 Kirkby 4,241 2,474 1,354 Norris Green 2,271 1,310 814 Toxteth 4,301 2,435 1,450 West Derby 886 582 288 TOTAL 35,914 21,095 12,061 373W
Table C Community care grants YTD figures for month ending December 1990 Local office Number of applications Number of awards Number of refusals Belle Vale 1,061 456 575 Bootle 1,514 620 866 Breckfield 1,901 649 1,157
Local office Number of applications Number of awards Number of refusals City 1,166 439 633 Crosby 1,181 427 719 Edgehill 1,898 632 1,209 Garston 872 301 519 Huyton 1,804 675 1,089 Kirkby 2,031 689 1,223
Table D Reason for refusal—crisis loans1 Belle Vale Bootle Breckfield City Crosby Edgehill Garston Edgehill Kirkby Norris Green Toxteth WestDerby Excluded items 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 Previous application and SFO decision for item 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 11 0 Inability to repay 2 2 8 6 1 13 0 6 0 3 16 0 Help available from another source 0 2 9 3 2 1 1 1 0 6 10 0 Insufficient priority 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 9 3 31 1 Suitable alternative available 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 0 No serious risk to health or safety 3 44 46 8 13 35 125 10 8 20 54 1 Other 6 21 22 10 3 12 5 8 8 11 17 1 1 An application may have more than one reason for a refusal decision. Therefore the sum total of reasons for refusal will be greater than the number of applications actually refused.
Table E Reasons for refusal by local office—BLs1 Belle Vale Bootle Breckfield City Crosby Edgehill Garston Edgehill Kirkby Norris Green Toxteth WestDerby Not in receipt of Income Support 117 109 244 102 115 181 66 144 172 84 142 41 Not in receipt of Income Support for 26 weeks 195 250 317 168 191 298 90 261 233 190 266 41 Excluded items 40 41 54 24 42 62 13 42 25 20 62 7 Previous application and SFO decision for item 81 59 86 38 42 120 26 67 88 90 142 6 Inability to repay 17 46 94 45 20 94 22 84 81 85 133 15 Insufficient priority 438 480 563 97 335 663 246 416 643 397 624 131 Loan refused CCG awarded 73 33 106 60 94 88 66 41 84 40 95 52 Other 32 95 120 190 162 76 118 71 118 59 112 7 1 An application may have more than one reason for a refusal decision. Therefore the sum total of reasons for refusal will be greater than the number of applications actually refused.
Table F Reasons for refusal by local office—CCGs1 Belle Vale Bootle Breckfield City Crosby Edgehill Garston Edgehill Kirkby Norris Green Toxteth WestDerby Savings over £500 sufficient to meet cost 6 3 1 0 4 4 4 4 0 2 2 0 Not in receipt of IS and unlikely to become entitled 73 78 165 98 85 148 68 127 141 59 149 24 Excluded items 18 20 27 7 20 33 13 16 15 17 26 6 Excluded person 14 2 4 0 1 0 1 19 5 1 2 2 Amount less than £30 (not travel) 4 12 6 4 8 4 3 3 7 5 5 1 Previous application and decision for item 34 37 48 18 30 66 21 41 62 66 97 7 Insufficient priority 62 78 168 27 10 10 149 146 58 64 274 185 Secretary of State direction 4 not satisfied 377 529 768 450 540 794 348 742 892 499 877 18 Other 16 144 73 26 46 42 107 24 59 63 72 1 1 An application may have more than one reason for a refusal decision. Therefore the sum total of reasons for refusal may be greater than the number of applications actually refused.