Social Fund: Greater London Mrs. Lait To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid out in crisis loans (a) in total and (b) by each London Jobcentre in each year since 2005. Kitty Ussher Crisis loan gross expenditure in Great Britain since 2005 is shown in the following table. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |£ million| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |86.4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |97.9 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-08 |121.2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Figures include gross expenditure made after review.Source:Annual reports by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund.| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information on how much was paid out in crisis loans by each London Jobcentre since 2005 is not available.