HC Deb 11 May 2004 vol 421 c288W
Jim Dobbin

To 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. Meacher

To 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. Pond

The 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.