HC Deb 02 December 2002 vol 395 cc571-2W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people who applied for a budgeting loan in 2000–01 in Leeds West had an outstanding Social Fund Loan. [83481]

Malcolm Wicks

Information on Budgeting Loan applications is not collected at Parliamentary constituency level and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

However, during 2000–01, in the Leeds Social Security district, 22,876 decisions were made on Budgeting Loan applications, of which 14,411 were applications from people with existing Social Fund debt. These figures may include cases where a person has made more than one application.

Notes:

1 Existing Social Fund debt includes Crisis Loan debt.

2 The existence of Social Fund debt does not necessarily affect decisions on Budgeting Loan applications.

Source:

100 per cent, scan of the Social Fund computer system.

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