Helping Those in Financial Hardship: The Running of the Social Fund; Twelfth Report of Session 2005-06; Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written EvidenceThe Stationery Office, 15 nov 2005 - 37 pagina's The Social Fund provides a safety net to help those on low incomes, when they find it hard to pay for important items or cope with emergencies. There are seven types of award but in this report the Committee has considered five: budgeting loans, crisis loans, community care grants, funeral payments and sure start maternity grants. The report looks at three main areas: raising awareness of the Social Fund; its administration; and whether it treats people consistently. |
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Alan Williams amount Anderson Angela Browning average awarded to Affinity Bacon benefit claimants benefit deductions benefit offices benefit payment Benefits Agency Budgeting Loans C&AG's Report Committee of Public Community Care Grants contract cost per application Crisis Loan applications currently customers decision-making Department discretionary awards efficiency eligible errors evidence expenditure Field Figure Fund computer system Funeral Payments going Helen Goodman included Independent Review Service initial decisions introduced Jenkins Jim Sheridan Jobcentre Jon Trickett Kitty Ussher lifetime is estimated Loans and Funeral Maternity Grants million MP Conservative MP Labour mystery shopping National Audit Office off-benefit one-off or emergency paragraph paras Pension Credit Pension Service processing Public Accounts question repayment return to benefit Richard Bacon Sadiq Khan Social Fund awards Social Fund computer Social Fund debt Social Security Committee standard operating model Steinberg Sure Start Maternity Tax Credit telephone tell turnover types of award