Mortgages (Hansard, 24 November 1992)

§ Mr. Dewar
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many of those people whose mortgages are being paid by his Department have endowment mortgages and how many have repayment mortgages.

§ Mr. Burt
The information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Dewar
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people currently have their mortgages paid by his Department; what is the average monthly payment in such cases; what will be total cost to his Department in mortgage payments this year; and what are the equivalent figures for each year since 1985.

§ Mr. Burt
The latest available figures are given in the table:

per cent.

1988–89 45.18

1989–90 54.22

§ Mr. Bayley
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of the annual social fund budgeting loan budget for(a) the York Benefits Agency office, (b) the North Yorkshire Benefits Agency area and (c) the United Kingdom had been allocated in the first six months of the year in each year since 1988–89.

§ Mr. Scott
Social fund budgets are allocated on an annual basis. Information concerning discretionary social fund budget allocations and expenditure is in the Library.

§ Mr. Bayley
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many(a) single claimants, (b) couples, (c) single parents, (d) couples with dependent children, (e) pensioners and (f) claimants in total in the North Yorkshire Benefits Agency area are currently having one, two, three, four and five or more deductions made from their benefit; what is the value of the largest and the smallest weekly deduction being made from any claimant in the area; and what is the average amount of all weekly deductions being made in the area.
599W

§ Mr. Burt
I understand from Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency, that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Standard statistical region Invalidity benefit recipients¹ Estimated population mid 1991² (thousands) Invalidity benefit recipients per thousand of the population

Scotland 181,400 5,100 36

Wales 146,600 2,886 51

England

Northern 126,300 3,084 41

Yorkshire and Humberside 124,500 4,954 25

East Midlands 74,200 4,026 18

East Anglia 28,800 2,091 14

South East 219,200 17,558 12

South Western 71,900 4,723 15

West Midlands 105,900 5,255 20

North Western 219,800 6,377 34

¹ Information from a one per cent, sample of claimants as at 30 March 1991.

² Information from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys—1991 Census. The Scottish figures supplied by the General Registrars Office for Scotland.

Standard statistical region	Invalidity benefit recipients¹	Estimated population mid 1991² (thousands)	Invalidity benefit recipients per thousand of the population
Scotland	181,400	5,100	36
Wales	146,600	2,886	51
England
Northern	126,300	3,084	41
Yorkshire and Humberside	124,500	4,954	25
East Midlands	74,200	4,026	18
East Anglia	28,800	2,091	14
South East	219,200	17,558	12
South Western	71,900	4,723	15
West Midlands	105,900	5,255	20
North Western	219,800	6,377	34
¹ Information from a one per cent, sample of claimants as at 30 March 1991.
² Information from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys—1991 Census. The Scottish figures supplied by the General Registrars Office for Scotland.