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Discretionary Awards

Volume 176: debated on Monday 9 July 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list in the Official Report the number and percentage of people who were refused discretion-based awards because the items for which they are requesting assistance are excluded by the social fund directions, by local office in Scotland.

The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list by local office in Scotland the number and percentage of people who were refused discretion-based awards because they had insufficient funds to repay the loan.

The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.