§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the annual social fund allocated to each local office of his Department when the fund was introduced in April 1988. [24463]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information requested is in the Library.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of income support claimants were repaying a social fund loan in(a) Scotland and (b) Britain as a whole at the end of each financial year between 1988–89 and 1994–95. [24464]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe available information is set out in the table. Information on the percentage of income support recipients who are repaying a social fund loan is available only at the end of May of each year. Data are unavailable for May 1993.
Per cent. Year Scotland Great Britain 31 May 1989 14.6 8.5 31 May 1990 15.7 9.2 31 May 1991 17.2 9.9 31 May 1992 18.1 11.5 31 May 1994 17.2 11.7
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the criteria by which the social fund budget allocations were made to local offices in his Department when the fund was introduced in April 1988. [24465]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information requested is in annexe 3 of the Secretary of State's annual report on the social fund 1988–89, Cm 748, a copy of which is in the Library.