§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many applications were made for housing benefit exceptional hardship payments in each local authority area in England and Wales(a) in total and (b) from households with children; and, in each case, what proportion were accepted, in each of the last three years; [129693]
(2) what proportion of the exceptional hardship fund was unspent in each local authority in England and Wales in each of the last three years. [129694]
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available has been placed in the Library.
§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many applications for exceptional hardship payments were made by households on income support or incapacity benefit; and, of these, how many were accepted, in each of the last three years. [129695]
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
The number of awards of Housing Benefit exceptional hardship payments made for each of the last three years for which data are available Year Number 1996–97 10,096 1997–98 19,705 1998–99 25,177