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