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CONTENTS Acknowledgements vi The Author vim E~~cutivesummary I I Introduction 7 Policy background 7 Aims of the research 7 ftesearch desigii 8 firiiral dci’efopnu ii! ~tagc S T1lre tc!eplzoiu’ .~Iifl’C}’ 9 Available data 10 Structure oFrhe report 11 2 Evpcnditure on e\ceptioiial hardship pa~mneri&s 13 Introduction 1 3 Overall e~.penditure 13 Views abotic budgets 14 I)Iscussion 16 3 Applications tbr exceptional hardship payments 17 Introduction 17 Appliiatioii rates 17 Levels of publicity and application rites 18 Potential demand 20 Discussion 22 4 Why claiiiiants apply for e~ceptionaIhardship payments and how local authonties make decisions 23 I ritrodiaction 23 Why people apply For e’.ceptional haidshiip payments 24 How local aiithonnes make decisions on exceptionaL hardship pa)inents 26 Rele~mce of pi e—tenaiicv determinations in decision makiiig 29 Content analysis of local authorities policies/criteria 29 Discussion 31 5 Outcomes of applications for exceptional hardship payments 33 Introdui non 33 SucLessflil applicatioiis and success rates 33 Siuce~~~tm! ~ippIrc~itroris 33 Siu1C~srait~ 34 Analysis of exceptional hardship payment recipients 36 Value of e~ceptioriaihardship payments 38 III
Appeals 40 Discussion 42 6 Adnuiiistering the scheme 45 introduction 45 Views about administration 45 Discussion 46 7 Exceptional hardship payments — summary and discussioii 49 The research questions 49 Comments on policy development 55 References 57 Appendix I - Questionnaire for telephone survey 59 Appendix 2 — Introductory letters to local authorities from DSS and SPRU 63 Other research reports avai]ab]e 69 LIST OF TABLES Table I I Sample of local aLithorities for the development stage 9 Table 1 2 The achieved sample by local authority type 9 Table 1 3 Analysis of non—response 10 Table 2 1 Expenditure on exceptional hardship payments 1997/98 14 Iv Table 2 2 Views on local authonties’ permitted totals, by level of e~pendiwreon exceptional hardship payments 14 Table 2 3 Reasons why permitted totals \~rereconsidered ‘about right’ 15 TabLe 3 1 Monthly application rates by local authonty type 17 Table 3 2 Analysis of how local authonties publicise exceptional hardship payments 18 Table 3 3 Levels of publicity for exceptional hardship payments, by local aurhon~type 19 Table 3 4 Le~elsof publicity and application rates 20 Table 3 5 Maxiiiiurii quarterly rent restrictions as indicators ofpotential demand for exceptional hardship payments 2 1 Table 4 I Claimants’ reasons for requesting an exceptional hardship pavnienr, distribution among local authorities 24 Table 4 2 Analysis of common’ reasons For applications in local authorities with 20 or more applications, 1997/98 25 Table 4 3 Aids to decision making used by local authorities, by local authority type 27 Table 4 4 Approaches to decision making by local authority type 28
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