Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of all mortgage interest claimants have taken out the loan offered by her Department to replace the benefit they currently receive.

As of week commencing 5th March 2018, over 10,100 claimants (around 11% of the live caseload) have stated their intention to take up the offer of an SMI loan and approximately 16,000 are considering their options.