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Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Thursday, 17 June 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 July 2004. It was answered by Chris Pond (Labour) on Monday, 5 July 2004 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mothers in Tamworth have taken up the Sure Start maternity grant. - Inc tables.
Answer

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many mothers in Tamworth have taken up the Sure Start maternity grant. [179966] Mr. Pond: The information is in the tables. Sure Start Maternity Grants for area covered by Staffordshire Social Fund District _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Applications Awards 2000-01 2,830 2,498 2001-02 3,502 3,024 2002-03 to October 2,659 2,221 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sure Start Maternity Grants for area covered by Staffordshire Jobcentre Plus District _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Applications Awards 2002-03 from November 2,142 1,648 2003-04 5,504 4,199 2004-05 to May 961 680 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Tamworth parliamentary constituency was part of the Staffordshire Social Fund District. In November 2002, Staffordshire Social Fund District was combined with parts of Burton Social Fund District to form Staffordshire Jobcentre Plus District. The two areas for which data is given are different, therefore the data is not comparable. 2. A very small area of Tamworth parliamentary constituency falls into another Jobcentre Plus District for which data is not separately available. 3. Sure Start Maternity Grants were introduced on 27 March 2000. There were no applications recorded in the Staffordshire district during 1999-2000. 4. Data is given for all applications and awards, irrespective of whether the application was made by the mother or her partner. Source: DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
179966; 423 c528-9W
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Applications Mothers Maternity benefits Take-up Sure Start programme Maternity payments Tamworth
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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