Social Fund
(asked on 21st April 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees there were in the Social Fund and Specialist Benefits Team on 1 April (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015 and (e) 2016.
Management Information is held only since 2013 and is provided here:
| 2013 - 2014 | 2014 - 2015 | 2015 - 2016 |
Bereavement Benefit | 94.33 | 83.87 | 78.49 |
Maternity Allowance | 70.21 | 66.19 | 72.46 |
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit | 191.97 | 165.63 | 149.40 |
Social Fund | 798.46 | 411.34 | 349.78 |
Budgeting Loans and Crisis Loans were previously part of the Social Fund and staff that were previously doing this work have been re-assigned to other work.