Crisis Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of social fund crisis loans were alignment payments in each quarter since 2007. (302241)

The available information is given in the table.

*Alignment payment initial awards in Great Britain by quarter*
Quarter	Number	Proportion of total crisis loan initial awards (percentage)
2007
January to March	138,000	46.2
April to June	146,000	48.2
July to September	180,000	50.4
October to December	176,000	49.1

2008
January to March	188,000	45.5
April to June	194,000	46.0
July to September	212,000	46.3
October to December	220,000	45.3

2009
January to March	240,000	40.1
Source: DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System

Volume 502: debated on Wednesday 9 December 2009