Social Fund: Greater London John McDonnell To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total current unrecovered Social Fund debt is; and what the figure is for (a) London and (b) each office in London. Mr. Plaskitt The information is in the following table: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |£000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Budgeting loan|Crisis loan|Funeral payment|Total| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National |601,339|205,910|99,081|906,329| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total London |86,872|28,882|19,131|134,885| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London offices ||||| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Canning Town |12,380|3,831|3,015|19,226| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bexley |2|0|0|2| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Acton |7,768|4,942|1,715|14,426| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Highgate |7,931|3,557|1,606|13,095| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SE London |19,749|5,747|3,304|28,799| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ilford |9,038|1,653|1,607|12,298| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harrow |7,904|2,976|3,280|14,161| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Balham |12,414|4,781|2,555|19,750| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wood Green |1|1|0|1| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnet Hill |9,685|1 ,395|2,048|13,127| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:1. Balances have been taken as at 28 February 2007.2. London has been defined as all offices within the London Government office region.3. Totals may not appear as sum of the individual lines due to rounding.Source:Social Fund Computer System.| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John McDonnell To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much Social Fund debt was written off in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the figure was for London in each year. Mr. Plaskitt The information is in the following table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |£000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National |||||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Budgeting loans |1,486|1,463|1,234|1,315|2,060| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Crisis loans |448|463|120|551|922| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Funeral payments |32,035|31,081|25,587|37,991|41,867| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |33,970|33,007|26,940|39,857|44,850| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |||||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |||||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Budgeting loans |155|96|123|41|320| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Crisis loans |62|44|28|16|130| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Funeral payments |2,949|3,406|1,365|2,541|2,511| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |3,165|3,546|1,516|2,598|2,961| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:1. London has been defined as all offices within the London Government office region as at 30 March 2007.2. Totals may not appear as sum of the individual lines due to rounding.Source:Programme Accounting Computer System.| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------