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Mr. Corbyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what has been the real level of expenditure on social fund loans and grants in 1988–89 and 1989–90 relative to expenditure on single payments in 1987–88 in Finsbury Park Department of Social Security office, taking into account the repayment of loans by claimants to the Department of Social Security.
Mr. Scott
The table shows the comparative expenditure for the Finsbury Park Department of Social Security office as reckoned by the gross domestic product deflator.
| Expenditure (in £000s) | |
| 1987–88 Single Payments | 769 |
| 1988–89 Social Fund | |
| Gross | 474 |
| Net | 375 |
| 1989–90 Social Fund | |
| Gross | 624 |
| Net | 389 |