Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 22 July 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the administrative costs of the Financial Assistance Scheme were in each month since April 2007; and if he will make a statement.
The information is in the following table.
Month | Expenditure (£) |
April 2007 | 126,436 |
May 2007 | 124,408 |
June 2007 | 137,749 |
July 2007(1) | 544,794 |
August 2007 | 153,413 |
September 2007(2) | 279,951 |
October 2007 | 163,836 |
November 2007(3) | 261,777 |
December 2007 | 134,704 |
January 2008 | 109,974 |
February 2008 | 159,726 |
March 2008 | 167,255 |
April 2008 | 128,454 |
May 2008 | 145,650 |
(1) July costs include an element for IT (maintenance) annual costs circa £451,434 (2) September costs include an element for IT (licence and change requests) annual costs circa £159,000. (3) November costs include circa £50,000 salary costs in respect of backdated pay award and circa £76,000 IT costs. |
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