To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide for the Bradford social security offices the information on social fund budget and crisis loans provided in his reply to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) of 25 January, Official Report, columns 809–12.
The information given in the table represents the number of loans being repaid on the last day of each month.
Number of income support applicants
| Lone parents
| Disabled1
| Pensioners
| Unemployed
| |
| March | 124 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 82 |
| April | 115 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 79 |
| May | 129 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 82 |
| June | 139 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 98 |
| July | 141 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 101 |
| August | 422 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 79 |
| September | 143 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 88 |
| October | 158 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 100 |
| November | 167 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 102 |
| December | 143 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 91 |
| BRADFORD SOUTH | |||||
Budget Loans 1989
| |||||
| January | 771 | 402 | 48 | 27 | 256 |
| February | 833 | 428 | 46 | 32 | 290 |
| March | 894 | 463 | 42 | 38 | 312 |
| April | 982 | 506 | 42 | 35 | 353 |
| May | 1,075 | 534 | 48 | 38 | 410 |
| June | 1,149 | 595 | 50 | 39 | 413 |
| July | 1,178 | 608 | 51 | 48 | 414 |
| August | 1,171 | 606 | 47 | 39 | 414 |
| September | 1,210 | 639 | 48 | 43 | 418 |
| October | 1,217 | 642 | 52 | 46 | 416 |
| November | 1,202 | 634 | 52 | 44 | 411 |
| December | 1,192 | 635 | 54 | 47 | 393 |
| Crisis Loans 1989 | |||||
| January | 96 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| February | 108 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 66 |
| March | 118 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 76 |
| April | 101 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 65 |
| May | 116 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 84 |
| June | 113 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 77 |
| July | 120 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 77 |
| August | 134 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 86 |
| September | 147 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 103 |
| October | 162 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 112 |
| November | 159 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 106 |
| December | 156 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 103 |
| BRADFORD WEST | |||||
Budget Loans 1989
| |||||
| January | 826 | 312 | 76 | 46 | 327 |
| February | 879 | 346 | 71 | 49 | 351 |
| March | 929 | 358 | 77 | 56 | 373 |
| April | 951 | 375 | 73 | 62 | 380 |
| May | 979 | 377 | 71 | 63 | 405 |
| June | 1,015 | 403 | 70 | 64 | 419 |
| July | 1,024 | 411 | 67 | 63 | 426 |
| August | 990 | 405 | 67 | 57 | 406 |
| September | 967 | 399 | 62 | 59 | 395 |
| October | 977 | 396 | 71 | 64 | 390 |
| November | 1,002 | 412 | 70 | 62 | 402 |
| December | 984 | 416 | 64 | 55 | 402 |
Crisis Loans 1989
| |||||
| January | 91 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 55 |
| February | 93 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
| March | 90 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| April | 92 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
| May | 92 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 54 |
| June | 88 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 45 |
| July | 101 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 60 |
| August | 116 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 62 |
| September | 105 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
| October | 95 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 52 |
| November | 99 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 58 |
| December | 100 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 56 |
1 Applicants receiving a disability premium. It is not possible to identify separately applicants who are sick and not receiving a disability premium. | |||||
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide for the Bradford social security offices the information on the proportion of income support claimants repaying budget and crisis loans provided in the manner of his reply of 25 January to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley), Official Report, columns 811–12.
Information about the local income support caseload is collected on a quarterly basis and the percentage of loans being repaid on the last day of each quarter is shown in the table.
| Budgeting loans | Crisis loans | |
| per cent. | per cent. | |
| Bradford East | ||
| February 1989 | 7·390 | 0·975 |
| May 1989 | 8·526 | 1·000 |
| August 1989 | 8·800 | 0·918 |
| November 1989 | 9·600 | 1·323 |
| Bradford West | ||
| February 1989 | 7·530 | 0·797 |
| May 1989 | 8·570 | 0·805 |
| August 1989 | 8·349 | 0·978 |
| November 1989 | 8·464 | 0·836 |
| Bradford South | ||
| February 1989 | 7·215 | 0·935 |
| May 1989 | 9·244 | 0·998 |
| August 1989 | 9·775 | 1·119 |
| November 1989 | 10·254 | 1·356 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide for the Bradford social security offices the information on budgeting and crisis loans provided in his reply of 25 January to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley), Official Report, columns 812–13.
The information given in the table represents the provisional amounts outstanding on the last day of each calendar month.
| Budgeting loans | Crisis loans | |
| £ | £ | |
| Bradford East | ||
| 1989 | ||
| January | 140,942·21 | 14,687·02 |
| February | 160,510·33 | 15,047·83 |
| March | 179,816·99 | 16,159·13 |
| April | 200,618·34 | 18,989·92 |
| May | 212,374·59 | 22,085·93 |
| June | 221,129·65 | 23,728·09 |
| July | 221,455·57 | 27,380·30 |
| August | 212,477·88 | 28,356·86 |
| September | 209,111·24 | 31,752·55 |
| October | 200,938·20 | 31,795·34 |
| November | 210,934·55 | 34,952·49 |
| December | 205,800·39 | 36,913·19 |
| Bradford West | ||
| January | 159,897·95 | 13,646·82 |
| February | 172,273·28 | 15,293·81 |
| March | 188,264·30 | 16,729·69 |
| April | 198,362·53 | 19,359·65 |
| May | 213,301·91 | 21,475·74 |
| June | 220,080·00 | 23,300·79 |
| July | 221,823·79 | 26,507·36 |
| August | n/a | n/a |
| September | 208,432·73 | 30,134·77 |
| October | 207,862·58 | 32,164·37 |
| November | 218,004·89 | 32,627·23 |
| December | 214,927·04 | 33,851·43 |
| Bradford South | ||
| January | 127,454·88 | 11,808·44 |
| February | 149,906·97 | 14,365·61 |
| March | 176,022·78 | 16,381·78 |
| April | 188,297·91 | 18,135·07 |
Budgeting loans
| Crisis loans
| |
£
| £
| |
| May | 200,714·97 | 19,250·12 |
| June | 210,627·92 | 19,429·18 |
| July | 215,742·32 | 22,417·17 |
| August | 208,884·30 | 24,592·56 |
| September | 214,962·19 | 27,549·72 |
| October | 215,997·96 | 30,741·48 |
| November | 217,045·99 | 34,157·41 |
| December | 210,550·69 | 34,192·18 |