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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 13B2 Social Fund applications, awards and payments 1992/93-1997/98 |
1992/93 |
1993/94 |
1994/95 |
1995/96 |
1996/97 |
1997/98 |
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| Maternity Payments | ||||||||
| Applications | 24,150 |
23,444 |
22,718 |
22,726 |
22,650 |
21,212 |
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| Awards | 20,169 |
19,604 |
19,030 |
18,813 |
19,124 |
17,600 |
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| Average Award | £ | 101 |
101 |
101 |
101 |
101 |
101 |
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| Funeral Payments | ||||||||
| Applications | 11,530 |
12,866 |
12,206 |
12,471 |
11,429 |
9,924 |
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| Awards | 9,079 |
10,069 |
9,155 |
8,694 |
8,221 |
6,884 |
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| Average Award | £ | 868 |
937 |
1,011 |
776 |
686 |
787 |
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| Community Care Grants | ||||||||
| Applications | 175,409 |
184,665 |
187,828 |
185,029 |
184,544 |
179,762 |
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| Awards | 48,706 |
49,292 |
53,262 |
52,713 |
39,852 |
37,362 |
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| Average Award | £ | 287 |
288 |
281 |
289 |
298 |
312 |
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| Budgeting Loans | ||||||||
| Applications | 233,131 |
230,606 |
221,618 |
205,509 |
198,368 |
191,295 |
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| Awards | 131,046 |
134,296 |
140,268 |
136,310 |
120,383 |
117,772 |
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| Average Award | £ | 219 |
228 |
233 |
245 |
269 |
289 |
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| Crisis Loans | ||||||||
| Applications | 138,889 |
154,018 |
181,198 |
206,851 |
206,035 |
221,781 |
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| Awards | 103,033 |
106,507 |
121,241 |
139,758 |
135,046 |
149,043 |
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| Average Award | £ | 64 |
63 |
62 |
61 |
58 |
56 |
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| Cold Weather Payments1 | ||||||||
| Awards | 286 |
2,402 |
210 |
4,636 |
17,436 |
462 |
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| Average Award | £ | 6 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
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Source: DSS Analytical Services |
| 1 Figures for Cold Weather Payments relate to clerical payments only. The figures do not include those generated by the Social Fund Computer Systems. |
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