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Social Fund

Volume 201: debated on Monday 16 December 1991

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28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were granted loans from the social fund from April to September 1991; and how many have been refused loans during that period on grounds which included an assumption that they lacked resources to ensure that repayment would be made.

Nearly 730,000 loans have been awarded from the social fund between April and October 1991. In the same period just under 19,900, or 1ยท7 per cent. of applications were refused due to the applicant's inability to repay.