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Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the housing support grant for Renfrew district council for each year since 1975.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is shown in the table.
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| £ million
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<1>1979-80 |6.5
1980-81 |6.6
1981-82 |2.2
1982-83 |-
1983-84 |-
1984-85 |-
1985-86 |-
1986-87 |-
1987-88 |-
1988-89 |-
1989-90 |-
1990-91 |-
1991-92 |<2>0.0285
<1> Exchequer subsidy in the form of
housing support grant became payable
from 1979-80.
<2> Housing support grant for 1991-92
relates to the estimated deficit on
hostel running costs during the year.
Council House Sales
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration is being given to undertaking a ministerial review of the long-term consequences of the right to buy provision in Scotland.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Scottish Office is to conduct a new research study to evaluate the impact of the right to buy. The study will be carried out over an 18-month period and will update previous research carried out into this subject. We will consider any policy implications of the findings in due course.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is the current percentage rate of disposal of public sector tenancies to owner-occupation under the right-to-buy provisions shown by each local authority housing area in Scotland;
(2) how many properties have been sold in Scotland under the right-to-buy provisions, shown by each local authority housing area in Scotland, indicating the percentage of the public sector stock tenancies remaining under management of each housing authority.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The table gives details of sales made under the right-to-buy legislation. The second column shows the percentage of stock sold since October 1980, and the third column shows the component of that percentage represented by sales in 1990. Information is not held centrally about the management arrangements for public sector stock.
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Right to Buy Sales by public sector housing agency-Scotland
|Number of sales |Percentage of stock
|October 1980 to |at 30 September |of which
|September 1990 |1980 sold |in 1990
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scotland |198,925 |19.1 |2.5
Local Authority |150,520 |16.8 |2.4
Borders
Berwickshire |665 |23.3 |1.6
Ettrick and Lauderdale |1,215 |24.4 |1.8
Roxburgh |1,255 |20.0 |1.4
Tweeddale |374 |23.0 |1.2
Central
Clackmannan |1,794 |18.7 |2.4
Falkirk |6,420 |19.1 |2.0
Stirling |2,621 |20.0 |2.7
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale<1> |1,284 |25.0 |1.9
Nithsdale |2,138 |24.6 |1.9
Stewartry |745 |28.7 |1.7
Wigtown |1,103 |23.1 |1.7
Fife
Dunfermline |5,945 |25.5 |2.3
Kirkcaldy |5,852 |22.2 |2.2
North East Fife |2,703 |33.5 |1.8
Grampian
Aberdeen |5,358 |13.8 |1.8
Banff and Buchan |2,859 |22.3 |1.6
Gordon |1,529 |25.0 |1.4
Kincardine and Deeside |788 |21.6 |1.3
Moray |2,839 |25.9 |2.1
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey |415 |38.1 |5.3
Caithness |847 |19.6 |0.9
Inverness |1,497 |21.0 |2.3
Lochaber |752 |21.5 |2.3
Nairn |260 |23.4 |2.0
Ross and Cromarty |901 |14.2 |1.4
Skye and Lochalsh |182 |24.9 |2.1
Sutherland |272 |15.7 |0.8
Lothian
East Lothian |4,043 |24.8 |2.4
Edinburgh |11,951 |21.2 |3.6
Midlothian |3,384 |25.6 |2.6
West Lothian |3,588 |16.2 |2.1
Strathclyde
Argyll and Bute |1,379 |16.4 |2.4
Bearsden and Milngavie |280 |15.3 |1.9
Clydebank |2,086 |17.6 |4.2
Clydesdale |1,361 |14.0 |1.7
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |814 |18.5 |2.6
Cumnock and Doon Valley<2> |1,353 |13.1 |1.5
Cunninghame |3,821 |16.7 |2.5
Dumbarton |1,619 |12.3 |2.0
East Kilbride<2> |442 |27.2 |1.4
Eastwood |503 |25.2 |2.4
Glasgow |16,939 |9.7 |2.5
Hamilton |3,996 |17.4 |3.2
Inverclyde |2,024 |10.2 |1.2
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |2,704 |14.8 |1.6
Kyle and Carrick |4,339 |24.0 |3.1
Monklands |3,577 |12.5 |2.8
Motherwell |4,171 |10.4 |2.2
Renfrew |6,747 |17.1 |2.2
Stratkelvin |2,505 |22.7 |2.1
Tayside
Angus |3,101 |21.3 |2.5
Dundee |5,785 |14.4 |4.2
Perth and Kinross |3,884 |23.7 |3.2
Islands Councils
Orkney Islands |396 |26.2 |2.2
Shetland Islands |402 |16.1 |1.2
Western Isles |653 |26.4 |0.9
New Town
Cumbernauld<3> |0 |0.0 |0.0
East Kilbride |7,927 |44.1 |4.2
Glenrothes |3,627 |39.6 |3.1
Irvine |1,370 |31.1 |4.7
Livingston |3,505 |32.6 |5.0
Scottish Homes (SSHA)<4> |31,976 |34.4 |2.4
<1> Return outstanding for quarter 1 1982.
<2> Returns outstanding for quarter 3 1990.
<3> All sales have been voluntary sales.
<4> Includes voluntary sales.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the level of public sector tenanted housing stock below which the provisions of the right to buy would make sensible local authority strategic management of housing impossible to achieve.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : No such level has been set.
Rented Housing
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the total number of houses for rent built by Scottish Homes or its predecessor within Renfrew district for each year since 1960.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is set out in the table.
New House Building 1960-1990-Scottish Homes (Own Stock) Year |Number of completions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1960-61 |Nil 1962 |750 1963 |540 1964-65 |Nil 1966 |1,448 1967-68 |Nil 1969 |367 1970 |126 1971 |Nil 1972 |916 1973 |925 1974 |Nil 1975 |440 1976 |432 1977 |364 1978 |460 1979 |632 1980 |Nil 1981 |268 1982 |Nil 1983 |209 1984-86 |Nil 1987 |18 1988 |72 1989-90 |Nil 1991 |24
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the total number of houses for rent built by Renfrew district council or its predecessors for each year since 1960.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The total numbers of dwellings completed by Renfrew district council for the years 1976 to 1990 are set out in the table. It is not possible to say whether all these were for rent. Information for earlier years is not available on a comparable basis.
New dwellings
completed by Renfrew
district council
|Number
----------------------
1976 |184
1977 |84
1978 |47
1979 |65
1980 |122
1981 |113
1982 |179
1983 |34
1984 |135
1985 |19
1986 |10
1987 |64
1988 |27
1989 |-
<1>1990 |-
<1> January to
September only.
Homelessness
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to review or amend any provisions of the Homeless Persons (Scotland) Act ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have no current plans to review or amend further the provisions of part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987. But I expect to issue soon a revised code of guidance on the homelessness legislation in Scotland, to which local authorities are to have regard in exercising their homelessness functions.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average length of stay for families with dependent children, who were accepted as homeless by their local authority, and placed in bed-and- breakfast accommodation, in 1990 or at the nearest available date ; and if he will express the answer in terms of the average length of stay for Scotland and for each district and islands council.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : This information is not collected centrally.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many families with dependent children were accepted as homeless in 1990, or at the nearest available date.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : According to returns so far submitted by local authorities to the Scottish Office, they accepted 9,900 households with dependent children as homeless in 1989-90. Some returns are known to be outstanding.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many families with dependent children, accepted as homeless by their local authority, were placed in bed-and-breakfast accommodation in 1990 or at the nearest available date ; and if he will express the answer in terms of the total number for Scotland and for each district and islands council.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Returns so far submitted by local authorities to the Scottish Office indicate that in 1989-90 they placed 670 households with dependent children, whom they had accepted as homeless, in bed and breakfast accommodation temporarily pending inquiries under the legislation, and 166 in such accommodation following assessment. Some households may be included in both these figures, which represent less
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than 7 per cent. and less than 2 per cent. respectively of the number of households with dependent children accepted as homeless in 1989-90. A breakdown by district and islands council is set out in the table. Some returns are known to be outstanding.
Households with dependant children accepted as homeless, Scotland,
1989-90 found bed and breakfast accommodation, by local authority
Local authority |Temporarily |Following
|pending |assessment
|inquiries
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Scotland |670 |166
Borders
Berwickshire |- |-
Ettrick & Lauderdale |- |-
Roxburgh |- |-
Tweeddale |1 |-
Central
Clackmannan |1 |-
Falkirk |4 |1
Stirling |7 |1
Dumfries & Galloway
Annandale & Eskdale |- |-
Nithsdale |- |-
Stewartry |4 |-
Wigtown |12 |-
Fife
Dunfermline |- |1
Kirkcaldy |13 |2
North East Fife |8 |1
Grampian
Aberdeen |42 |36
Banff & Buchan |7 |-
Gordon |9 |-
Kincardine & Deeside |3 |1
Moray |4 |-
Highland
Badenoch & Strathspey |- |1
Caithness |- |-
Inverness |2 |-
Lochaber |8 |1
Nairn |- |-
Ross & Cromarty |6 |-
Skye & Lochalsh |6 |-
Sutherland |- |-
Lothian
East Lothian |35 |1
Edinburgh |3 |-
Midlothian |23 |36
West Lothian |32 |26
Strathclyde
Argyll & Bute |21 |6
Bearsden & Milngavie |1 |-
Clydebank |5 |1
Clydesdale |- |-
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth |28 |11
Cumnock & Doon Valley |5 |-
Cunninghame |93 |11
Dumbarton |14 |-
East Kilbride |- |1
Eastwood |4 |4
Glasgow |19 |3
Hamilton |2 |2
Inverclyde |- |-
Kilmarnock & Loudoun |32 |-
Kyle & Carrick |114 |9
Monklands |1 |-
Motherwell |1 |-
Renfrew |69 |-
Strathkelvin |19 |2
Tayside
Angus |- |5
Dundee |8 |-
Perth & Kinross |- |1
Islands Councils
Orkney Islands |- |-
Shetland Islands |1 |1
Western Isles |3 |1
Mental Illness
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients receiving treatment for mental illness in Scottish hospitals were eligible to vote in 1990.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information requested is not available.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to assist long-term patients receiving treatment for mental illness in Scottish hospitals to exercise their right to vote in local and parliamentary elections.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Guidance to health boards relating to the electoral registration of informal patients in mental illness and mental handicap hospitals was last issued in 1987 and the need for further guidance is kept under review. Explanatory leaflets for patients are distributed within relevant hospitals and informal patients are given the opportunity prior to 10 October each year to complete the necessary patient's declaration form.
Stolen Equipment
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a list of the equipment stolen from the Lord Advocate's Department in the last three years for which information is available ; and what was the approximate value of each item.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : There have been no such losses.
New Housing
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the total levels of new housebuilding, houses completed, in each year from 1970 to 1979 and in 1989 in Scotland.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested for the years 1970 to 1978 was given on page 8 of "Scottish Housing Statistics No. 12, 4th Quarter 1980". Figures for 1979 and 1989 appear in table 5 of the Scottish Office quarterly statistical bulletins on housing. These publications are available in the House Library.
Mortgages
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the total volume of mortgage lending in Scotland in real terms in each year since 1970.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : This information is not available.City Hospital, Aberdeen
Mr. Robert Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the tender value of the private medical company for the 60-bed geriatric unit at the City hospital in Aberdeen ; and what was the value of the nearest unsuccessful tender.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 8 February 1991] : The successful tender was valued at £2,356,000. The nearest unsuccessful tender was received from a second private company and the value of its tender is commercially confidential. Grampian health board has explained to both that company and the in-house team the reasons why they were unsuccessful.
Higher Education
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what numbers of students attended the centrally funded education institutions in 1989-90.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 8 February 1991] : In 1989-90 a total of 29,871 full-time and 10,508 part-time higher education students attended institutions which are centrally funded by the Scottish Office Education Department. Provisional figures show an additional 184 full-time and 22,953 part-time students attending non-advanced courses in these institutions in 1989-90.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Attendance Allowance
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the operation of the relaxation of the attendance allowance rule for terminally ill people since its inception.
Mr. Scott : Provisions introduced with effect from 1 October 1990, enable anyone with a terminal illness to qualify for attendance allowance at the higher rate from the date of claim. Up to 31 December 1990 a total of 13,600 claims were decided under these provisions and of these decisions over 13,000 were successful. The majority of such claims were cleared within two weeks.
Local Offices, Doncaster
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will review the level of funding of his Department's offices in the Doncaster area, in the light of changing demand ;
(2) what plans he has to alter the work load and staffing at each of his Department's offices in the Doncaster area.
Miss Widdecombe : The Department allocates funds for staffing and administrative expenditure to local offices using systems designed to match resources to requirements. Staffing is based on workload which local offices record each month, and resource managers take account of revised workload forecasts when reviewing local office complements. Expenditure is reviewed centrally and locally each month.
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The Department's offices in Doncaster are being combined to form one administrative unit for management purposes. The staffing for 1991-92 will encompass the combined complement from the two existing offices.Pension Ages
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his latest estimate of the cost of equalising pension ages for men and women for (a) retirement pension and (b) income support pensioner premiums ; and how these estimates would differ if (i) spouse additions and (ii) widow/widower pensions were paid on the same basis on male and female pensions at (1) 65 years, (2) 60 years or (3) 55 years.
Miss Widdecombe : The cost of paying state retirement pension to men from age 60 has been estimated at about £3,000 million a year in 1985- 86 prices. Paying pensions to women from age 65 has been estimated to save about £500 million in 1985-86 prices. Income support pensioner premiums are payable to men and women at age 60. The cost of providing State pensions to men and women at age 55 and the further information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Residential Homes
Mr. Rooker : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what information he obtained about the supply and demand of places in residential and nursing homes for the elderly before the setting of income support levels ;
(2) what information he obtained about dependency levels in residential homes for the elderly before setting income support levels ;
(3) what information he obtained about charges for extras in residential and nursing homes for the elderly before the setting of income support levels ;
(4) what information he obtained about differences in staff costs between residential and nursing homes for the elderly before the setting of income support levels ;
(5) what information he obtained about regional variations in charges in residential and nursing homes for the elderly before the setting of income support levels.
Miss Widdecombe : A considerable amount of information, including all these issues, received from various interested parties as well as information from a survey commissioned by the Department, and carried outby management consultants Price Waterhouse, was considered before the income support limits were set for residential care and nursing homes. A copy of the Price Waterhouse report has been placed in the Library. Information about occupancy of homes is obtained from quarterly statistical returns.
Stolen Equipment
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a list of the equipment stolen from his Department in the last three years for which information is available ; and what was the approximate value of each item.
Mr. Jack : The information in the table relates to the number of break-ins in offices other than London
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headquarters, which is the responsibility of the Department of Health. Further information could be obtained only atdisproportionate cost.
|Number of|Estimated
|break-ins|value of
|equipment
|£
1987-88 |90 |<1>
1988-89 |54 |<1>
1989-90 |85 |32,000
<1> No records held.
State Pensions
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish in the Official Report the state pension entitlement for (a) single persons and (b) married couples as of April 1991 ; and if he will show comparable figures for April 1979 and indicate the change in real and nominal terms.
Miss Widdecombe : As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced on 24 October last year, basic retirement pension from April 1991 will be £52 for a single person and £83.25 for a married couple. The amounts paid in April 1979 were £19.50 and £31.20
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respectively. The nominal change in the level of benefit over this period is therefore £32.50 for a single person and £52.05 for a married couple. Measurement of the change in the real value of benefit over this period cannot be calculated until the retail prices index for April 1991 is available.Benefits
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 11 December 1990, Official Report, column 196, concerning the value of benefits in November 1979 and April 1991, if he will give the answer using the index of retail prices which applies to the annual uprating of benefits in April 1991.
Miss Widdecombe : I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 6 December 1990 at column 196.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he would list for each of the benefits for which he is responsible the statutory duties which lie upon his Department to encourage greater take-up of each benefit.
Miss Widdecombe : I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 7 February 1991.
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Unemployment Benefit
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the number and proportion of claimants who are disqualified for unemployment benefit, and of these, the number and proportion who are in receipt of reduced income support.
Mr. Jack : The latest information at May 1989 shows that of the 1, 090,631 income support claimants registered as available for employment 31,574--2.9 per cent.--were receiving reduced income support because of disqualification or disallowance. Other information on numbers of unemployed claimants and the decisions of adjudication officers is in "Unemployment Benefit Statistics--Quarterly Analysis of Unemployed Claimants" and "Unemployment Benefit Statistics--Quarterly Analysis of Decisions of Adjudication Officers", copies of which are in the Library.
Welfare Rights
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assistance and support his Department has given to local authority welfare rights teams since 1979 ; and what further help is planned.
Mr. Jack : The Department welcomes the existence of welfare rights advisers and encourages co-operation at a local level between such advisers and departmental staff.
Pensioners
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many pensioners claim income support ; and what this is as a percentage of all pensioners.
Miss Widdecombe : In May 1989, the latest date for which figures are available, 1,552,000 pensioners received income support. This was 15 per cent. of all pensioners.
Sources :
Annual statistical inquiry May 1989 for income support recipients. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys for population figures. Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many pensioners are wholly dependent upon the state pension for their income ; and what is this as a percentage of all pensioners.
Miss Widdecombe : Income-related benefits are available to help people whose only income is the basic state retirement pension, although a few do not claim their full entitlement. Available information suggests that less than 1 per cent. of people over state pension age receive only the basic state retirement pension and no other state benefits or private income. It is not possible to estimate precisely the total number of pensioners in this position.
Severe Weather Payments
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many payments have been made under the severe weather payments system in each area covered by the relevant weather station for each week since mid- January.
Mr. Scott : The information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Independent Living Fund
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what provision he proposes for those currently assisted by the independent living fund after its abolition in 1993 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : Our plans for the future of the independent living fund are still under consideration following the decision to phase the implementation of community care.
Social Fund
Mr. Loyden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people within the last year applied for (a) a crisis loan, (b) a budgeting loan and (c) a community care grant from social fund, Merseyside ; how many were subsequently awarded payment in each of the stated categories ; how many people were refused help and for what reasons ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott [holding answer 28 January 1991] : The information requested is given in the following tables :
Table A
Crisis Loans
YTD figures for month ending December 1990
Local office |Number of |Number of |Number of
|applications|awards |refusals
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Belle Vale |705 |642 |10
Bootle |1,017 |919 |64
Breckfield |1,677 |1,540 |86
City |1,426 |1,289 |28
Crosby |837 |804 |18
Edgehill |1,990 |1,832 |63
Garston |707 |435 |132
Huyton |1,308 |1,241 |24
Kirkby |1,159 |1,121 |27
Norris Green |734 |672 |36
Toxteth |3,096 |2,419 |127
West Derby |411 |410 |3
|------- |------- |-------
Total |15,067 |13,324 |618
Table B
Budgeting Loans
YTD figures for month ending December 1990
Local office |Number of |Number of |Number of
|applications|awards |refusals
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Belle Vale |2,576 |1,521 |907
Bootle |3,380 |2,095 |1,061
Breckfield |3,929 |2,093 |1,489
City |2,320 |1,387 |711
Crosby |2,353 |1,312 |889
Edgehill |4,004 |2,222 |1,452
Garston |1,692 |1,058 |562
Huyton |3,961 |2,606 |1,084
Kirkby |4,241 |2,474 |1,354
Norris Green |2,271 |1,310 |814
Toxteth |4,301 |2,435 |1,450
West Derby |886 |582 |288
|--- |--- |---
Total |35,914 |21,095 |12,061
Table C
Community care grants
YTD figures for month ending December 1990
Local office |Number of |Number of |Number of
|Number of applications|awards |refusals
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Belle Vale |1,061 |456 |575
Bootle |1,514 |620 |866
Breckfield |1,901 |649 |1,157
City |1,166 |439 |633
Crosby |1,181 |427 |719
Edgehill |1,898 |632 |1,209
Garston |872 |301 |519
Huyton |1,804 |675 |1,089
Kirkby |2,031 |689 |1,223
Norris Green |1,131 |422 |706
Toxteth |2,328 |680 |1,478
West Derby |490 |240 |240
|------- |------- |-------
Total |17,377 |6,230 |10,414
Table D
Reason for refusal-crisis loans<1>
|Belle |Bootle |Breckfield|City |Crosby |Edgehill |Garston |Edgehill |Kirkby |Norris |Toxteth |West
|Vale |Green |Derby
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Excluded items |0 |0 |3 |0 |1 |2 |0 |2 |1 |1 |0 |0
Previous application and SFO |1 |0 |2 |1 |0 |4 |1 |1 |1 |0 |11 |0
decision for item
Inability to repay |2 |2 |8 |6 |1 |13 |0 |6 |0 |3 |16 |0
Help available from another source |0 |2 |9 |3 |2 |1 |1 |1 |0 |6 |10 |0
Insufficient priority |0 |0 |2 |0 |2 |2 |2 |0 |9 |3 |31 |1
Suitable alternative available |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |8 |2 |0
No serious risk to health or safety |3 |44 |46 |8 |13 |35 |125 |10 |8 |20 |54 |1
Other |6 |21 |22 |10 |3 |12 |5 |8 |8 |11 |17 |1
<1> An application may have more than one reason for a refusal decision. Therefore the sum total of reasons for refusal will be greater than the number of applications refused.
Table D
Reason for refusal--crisis loans
Belle Vale Bootle Breckfield City Crosby Edgehill Garston Edgehill Kirkby Norris Green Toxteth West Derby
Excluded items 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
Previous application and SFO decision for item 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 11 0
Inability to repay 2 2 8 6 1 13 0 6 0 3 16 0
Help available from another source 0 2 9 3 2 1 1 1 0 6 10 0 Insufficient priority 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 9 3 31 1
Suitable alternative available 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 0
No serious risk to health or safety 3 44 46 8 13 35 125 10 8 20 54 1
Other 6 21 22 10 3 12 5 8 8 11 17 1
An application may have more than one reason for a refusal decision. Therefore the sum total of reasons for refusal will be greater than the number of applications actually refused.
Table E Reasons for refusal by local office-BLs<1> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not in receipt of Income Support |117|109|244|102|115|181|66 |144|172|84 |142|41 Not in receipt of Income Support for 26 weeks |195|250|317|168|191|298|90 |261|233|190|266|41 Excluded items |40 |41 |54 |24 |42 |62 |13 |42 |25 |20 |62 |7 Previous application and SFO decision for item |81 |59 |86 |38 |42 |120|26 |67 |88 |90 |142|6 Inability to repay |17 |46 |94 |45 |20 |94 |22 |84 |81 |85 |133|15 Insufficient priority |438|480|563|97 |335|663|246|416|643|397|624|131 Loan refused CCG awarded |73 |33 |106|60 |94 |88 |66 |41 |84 |40 |95 |52 Other |32 |95 |120|190|162|76 |118|71 |118|59 |112|7 <1>An application may have more than one reason for a refusal decision. Therefore the sum total of reasons for refusal will be greater than the number of applications actually refused.
Table F
Reasons for refusal by local office-CCGs<1>
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Savings over £ 500 sufficient to meet |6 |3 |1 |0 |4 |4 |4 |4 |0 |2 |2 |0
cost
Not in receipt of IS and unlikely to |73 |78 |165|98 |85 |148|68 |127|141|59 |149|24
become entitled
Excluded items |18 |20 |27 |7 |20 |33 |13 |16 |15 |17 |26 |6
Excluded person |14 |2 |4 |0 |1 |0 |1 |19 |5 |1 |2 |2
Amount less than £ 30 (not travel) |4 |12 |6 |4 |8 |4 |3 |3 |7 |5 |4 |1
Previous application and decision for |34 |37 |48 |18 |30 |66 |21 |41 |62 |66 |97 |7
item
Insufficient Priority |62 |78 |168|27 |10 |10 |149|146|58 |64 |274|185
Secretary of State direction 4 not |377|529|768|450|540|794|348|742|892|499|877|18
satisfied
Other |16 |144|73 |26 |46 |42 |107|24 |59 |63 |72 |1
<1> An application may have more than one reason for a refusal decision. Therefore the sum
total of reasons for refusal will be greater than the number of applications refused.
Table F
Reasons for refusal by local office--CCGs
Belle Vale Bootle Breckfield City Crosby Edgehill Garston Edgehill Kirkby Norris Green Toxteth West Derby
Savings over £500 sufficient to meet cost 6 3 1 0 4 4 4 4 0 2 2 0
Not in receipt of IS and unlikely to become entitled 73 78 165 98 85 148 68 127 141 59 149 24
Excluded items 18 20 27 7 20 33 13 16 15 17 26 6
Excluded person 14 2 4 0 1 0 1 19 5 1 2 2
Amount less than £30 (not travel) 4 12 6 4 8 4 3 3 7 5 5 1 Previous application and decision for item 34 37 48 18 30 66 21 41 62 66 97 7
Insufficient priority 62 78 168 27 10 10 149 146 58 64 274 185 Secretary of State direction 4 not satisfied 377 529 768 450 540 794 348 742 892 499 877 18
Other 16 144 73 26 46 42 107 24 59 63 72 1
An application may have more than one reason for a refusal decision. Therefore the sum total of reasons for refusal may be greater than the number of applications actually refused.
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