Written evidence from the Comptroller
and Auditor General
COMMUNITY CARE GRANT:
BUDGET AND LEGITIMATE DEMAND MET BY BUDGET AREA, 2009-10
| | Budget (£)
| Legitimate Demand (£) | Proportion of Legitimate Demand met
|
| Budget area by region |
| | |
| East of England |
| | |
| Essex | 2,347,144 | 8,936,576
| 26.3% |
| Norwich Benefit Delivery Centre | 6,083,490
| 17,119,494 | 35.5% |
| | |
| |
| East Midlands |
| | |
| East Midlands North | 3,690,502
| 12,065,283 | 30.6% |
| South East Midlands | 5,027,738
| 16,563,118 | 30.4% |
| | |
| |
| London | |
| |
| Central and East London | 7,177,466
| 23,266,356 | 30.8% |
| London South | 8,985,071 |
29,126,024 | 30.8% |
| North and North East London | 4,314,406
| 16,364,725 | 26.4% |
| West London | 3,660,504 |
12,298,334 | 29.8% |
| | |
| |
| North East | |
| |
| Northumbria | 2,627,314 |
8,489,254 | 30.9% |
| South Tyne and Wear Valley | 2,622,220
| 7,494,953 | 35.0% |
| Tees Valley | 2,456,473 |
7,587,357 | 32.4% |
| | |
| |
| North West | |
| |
| Chorlton Benefit Delivery Centre | 12,402,721
| 34,745,064 | 35.7% |
| Greater Liverpool and Cheshire | 8,141,316
| 25,707,165 | 31.7% |
| | |
| |
| Scotland | |
| |
| Inverness Benefit Delivery Centre | 5,743,635
| 15,939,987 | 36.0% |
| Springburn Benefit Delivery Centre | 15,605,303
| 42,066,415 | 37.1% |
| | |
| |
| South East | |
| |
| South East Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey
| 2,630,592 | 9,225,427 |
28.5% |
| South East Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent and Sussex
| 5,865,720 | 21,574,187 |
27.2% |
| | |
| |
| South West | |
| |
| South West Central | 8,060,436
| 24,728,103 | 32.6% |
| | |
| |
| Wales | |
| |
| Llanelli Benefit Delivery Centre | 2,555,656
| 8,215,474 | 31.1% |
| South East Wales | 5,616,541
| 17,179,377 | 32.7% |
| | |
| |
| West Midlands |
| | |
| West Midlands Social Fund | 13,207,411
| 42,369,253 | 31.2% |
| | |
| |
| Yorkshire and the Humber (Y & H)
| | |
|
| Y & H Bradford | 3,200,914
| 10,609,636 | 30.2% |
| Y & H Sheffield | 8,977,427
| 31,367,488 | 28.6% |
| | |
| |
| Great Britain | 141,000,000
| 443,039,048 | 31.8% |
| | |
|
Source: Data provided by the Department for Work and Pensions
Note: Legitimate demand is defined by the Department for
Work and Pensions as the amount applied for on all applications
where an award is made or the application is refused on grounds
of priority. According to the Annual Report on the Social Fund
2009/2010, the number of applications initially refused on grounds
of priority in 2009-10 in Great Britain was 45,000 (7% of all
applications processed).
2 December 2010
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