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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many mothers in Stoke-on- Trent North have received the Sure Start maternity grant. [177634] 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. Stoke on Trent North 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 above are different, therefore the data is not comparable. 2. Sure Start maternity grants were introduced on 27 March 2000. There were no applications recorded in the Staffordshire district during 1999-2000 3. 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

177634; 422 c732W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Applications Recipients Mothers Maternity benefits Take-up Sure Start programme Maternity payments Stoke on Trent

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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