HC Deb 27 May 2004 vol 421 cc1810-1W
Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many mothers in Manchester, Central have made use of the Sure Start maternity grant. [175713]

Mr. Pond

The data is not available in the format requested, the available information is in the table.

Sure Start maternity grants
Applications Awards
For Manchester Central, Manchester South, Manchester Trinity

and Oldham Social Fund Districts

2000–01 5,061 4,147
2001–02 5,719 4,596
2002 to December 5,055 4,013
For area covered by Manchester Jobcentre Plus
2003 January to March 1,039 889
2003–04 4,708 3,635
2004 April 421 337
Notes:
1. Manchester, Central parliamentary constituency was not included

in a single Social Fund District, but used to be part of the area covered

by Manchester, Central, Manchester South, Manchester Trinity and

Oldham Social Fund Districts. Manchester Central parliamentary

constituency is now part of Manchester Jobcentre Plus District. The

latter was formed in January 2003 from Manchester Central,

Manchester South and Manchester Trinity Social Fund Districts,

together with part of Oldham Social Fund District. The two areas for

which data are given above are different, therefore the data are 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.