§ Jim DobbinTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many mothers in Heywood and Middleton have taken up the Sure Start maternity grant. [168543]
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many mothers in Oldham, West and Royton have taken up the Sure Start maternity grant. [170952]
§ Mr. PondThe information is not available in the format requested, the available information is in the table.
Applications Awards Sure Start maternity grants for West Pennine social fund district 2000–01 1,807 1,591 2001–02 2,363 1,794 2002 to December 2,213 1,689 Sure Start maternity grants for the area covered by Oldham and Rochdale Jobcentre Plus district 2003 January Not available 325 2003 February and March 682 435 2003–04 4,251 3,059 Notes:
1. Heywood and Middleton parliamentary constituency and, Oldham, West and Royton parliamentary constituency used to be part of West Pennine social fund district and are 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 thus different, and the data is not comparable.
2. 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.
3. Data is given for all applications and awards, irrespective of whether the application was made by the mother or her partner.
Source:
DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System.