§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what has been the number of(a) successful and (b) unsuccessful claims for the severe hardship allowance in each month since its introduction; and if he will give these figures as a percentage of the total number of claims.
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information is set out in the tables.
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Month Successful 1990 Per cent. Unsuccessful Per cent. August 1,963 70 832 30 September 1,611 74 575 26 October 1,841 74 642 26 November 1,788 76 566 24 December 1,323 77 398 23
Month Successful 1991 Per cent. Unsuccessful Per cent. January 2,540 75 838 25 February 2,711 75 912 25 March 2,799 76 899 24 April 3,277 77 973 23 May 3,589 79 941 21 June 3,490 82 761 18 July 4,478 81 1,085 19 August 4,242 80 1,056 20 September 4,301 80 1,107 20 October 4,613 80 1,168 20 November 4,317 82 972 18 December 3,442 84 651 16
Month Successful 1992 Per cent. Unsuccessful Per cent. January 6,908 85 1,228 IS February 6,187 83 1,281 17 March 6,551 83 1,384 17 April 6,781 82 1,440 18 May 6,627 82 1,414 18 June 7,308 81 1,688 19 July 8,075 82 1,771 18 August 7,702 83 1,570 17 September 7,350 81 1,692 19 October 7,418 80 1,838 20 November 6,783 78 1,885 22 December 5,716 80 1,467 20
Month Successful 1993 Per cent. Unsuccessful Per cent. January 10,797 85 1,850 15 February 9,202 81 2,103 19 March 10,840 83 2,145 17 April 10,759 86 1,762 14 May 10,101 85 1,744 15 June 10,238 86 1,695 14 July 11,298 88 1,578 12 August 10,879 87 1,568 13 September 10,385 88 1,484 12 October 7,841 87 1,135 13 November 9,331 88 1,315 12 December 6,857 88 963 12 878W
Month Successful 1994 Per cent. Unsuccessful Per cent. January 12,348 89 1,522 11 February 11,190 88 1,517 12 March 12,518 88 1,636 12 April 8,892 87 1,317 13 May 10,953 86 1,824 14 June 9,587 83 1,896 17 July 9,731 81 2,264 19 August 9,322 82 2,030 18 September 8,268 83 1,726 17 October 7,149 82 1,590 18