Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for budgeting loans were approved in each month from June 2014.
Table 1 shows the number of Budgeting Loan awards made monthly by the Department for Work and Pensions between June 2014 and May 2015.
Table 1: Budgeting Loan Awards, June 2014 to May 2015
Month | Initial |
Jun-14 | 79,000 |
Jul-14 | 92,200 |
Aug-14 | 63,300 |
Sep-14 | 74,600 |
Oct-14 | 109,300 |
Nov-14 | 112,800 |
Dec-14 | 116,200 |
Jan-15 | 52,900 |
Feb-15 | 65,800 |
Mar-15 | 77,200 |
Apr-15 | 76,900 |
May-15 | 74,700 |
Notes
· These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.
· These figures do not include awards made after review, reconsideration or appeal following an initial refusal.
· These figures should not be compared directly with the number of applications received by the Department in these months. Some applications are withdrawn before a decision is made. In addition, cases take an average of 7 working days to be processed so an application and corresponding award may be recorded in different months.
· All figures are rounded to the nearest 100.