Mortgages: Government Assistance Mr. Chaytor To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many applications for mortgage relief schemes have been (a) received, (b) successfully processed to the point of completion and (c) granted in the last 12 months; (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. Mr. McNulty [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.| | ------------------------------------------------------