§ Mrs. FitzsimonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many mothers in the parliamentary constituency of Rochdale have taken up the Sure Start maternity grant; and what percentage of those were of Asian origin.[178535]
§ Mr. PondThe information is not available in the format requested, the available information in the tables.
Sure Start maternity grants for West Pennine social fund district Applications Awards 2000–01 1,807 1,591 2001–02 2,363 1,794 2002 (to December) 2,213 1,689
Sure Start maternity grants for area covered by Oldham and Rochdale jobcentre plus district Applications Awards 2003 (January) Not available 325 2003 (February and March) 682 435 2003–04 4,251 3,059 2004 (April and May) 653 494 Notes: 1. Data is not available by parliamentary constituency. 2. Rochdale parliamentary constituency used to be part of West Pennine Social Fund District and is now part of Oldham and Rochdale Jobcentre Plus District. The latter was formed in January 2003 from part of Oldham Social Fund District and part of West Pennine Social Fund District. The two areas for which data is given above are different and the data is not comparable. 3. Sure Start Maternity Grants were introduced on 27 March 2000. The very small number of cases for 1999–2000 have been excluded for data protection reasons. 4. Data is given for all applications and awards, irrespective of whether the application was made by the mother or her partner. 5. Data is not collected on the ethnic origin of Sure Start Maternity Grant applicants. Source: DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System.