HC Deb 15 July 2003 vol 409 cc240-1W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications were made for social fund(a) community care grants, (b) budgeting loans and (c) crisis loans in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those applications were successful, broken down by category. [123324]

Mr. Pond

The available information is in the tables.

Community care grant—applications and initial awards
Date Number of applications Number of initial awards
June 2002 41,600 17,400
July 2002 53,600 22,200
August 2002 47,500 19,200
September 2002 49,300 20,700
October 2002 54,800 23,000
November 2002 53,300 22,400
December 2002 39,500 17,600
January 2003 48,000 20,200
February 2003 49,000 19,800
March 2003 51,100 20,000
April 2003 46,200 19,900
May 2003 46,400 21,200

Budgeting loan—applications and initial awards
Date Number of applications Number of initial awards
June 2002 124,300 84,900
July 2002 151,400 106,800
August 2002 133,600 93,800
September 2002 142,700 101,200
October 2002 176,600 122,200
November 2002 193,900 140,200
December 2002 118,400 103,700
January 2003 133,400 80,400
February 2003 136,000 95,700
March 2003 148,000 104,900
April 2003 135,400 95,400
May 2003 140,200 102,700

Crisis loan—applications and initial awards
Date Number of applications Number of initial awards
June 2002 106,000 81,100
July 2002 123,600 94,700
August 2002 117,700 90,200
September 2002 111,900 85,900
October 2002 121,600 92,800
November 2002 109,600 83,100
December 2002 98,000 75,600
January 2003 126,000 97,600
February 2003 112,700 86,700
March 2003 114,700 88,100

Crisis loan—applications and initial awards
Date Number of applications Number of initial awards
April 2003 108,300 84,200
May 2003 110,700 87,700

Notes:

  1. 1. Available data on the numbers of awards made following review do not differentiate between awards that were initially refused and those where an award was increased on review. To avoid double counting, the tables show the number of initial awards only.
  2. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
  3. 3. The number of awards made in a month do not necessarily relate to applications made in that month.

Source:

DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management

Information System.