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Written question asked by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Friday, 3 July 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 July 2015 (named day). It was answered by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 July 2015 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Budgeting Loans

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for budgeting loans in each month from June 2014.

Answer

Table 1 shows the number of Budgeting Loan applications received monthly by the Department for Work and Pensions between June 2014 and May 2015.

Table 1: Budgeting Loan Applications, June 2014 to May 2015

Month

Applications
Received

Jun-14

107,400

Jul-14

111,700

Aug-14

85,000

Sep-14

107,900

Oct-14

140,500

Nov-14

151,500

Dec-14

108,600

Jan-15

78,900

Feb-15

81,200

Mar-15

92,400

Apr-15

100,100

May-15

89,500

Notes

· These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.

· All figures are rounded to the nearest 100.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5590
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Budgeting loans
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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