(2) how many applications for mortgage relief have been (a) received, (b) processed to the point of completion and (c) granted in the last 12 months.
[holding answers 4 and 6 March 2009]: Claims for mortgage relief can be made with jobseeker’s allowance, employment and support allowance, income support and pension credit.
Information about applications for mortgage relief with pension credit could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The available information about claims for mortgage relief with jobseeker’s allowance and income support is in the following table. The Department for Work and Pensions will be publishing National Statistics on employment and support allowance in summer 2009.
Number Jobseeker’s Allowance claims received 33,269 Jobseeker’s Allowance claims processed 24,425 Income Support claims received 33,589 Income Support Mortgage claims processed 29,018 Income Support Mortgage claims awarded 19,264 Income Support Mortgage claims refused 9,754 Source: Jobcentre Plus Management Information.