Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of support for mortgage interest resident in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey constituency have applied for a loan under the new scheme.

Data on the number of SMI claimants who have applied for a loan at the geographies requested is not available.