§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the cost to public funds of the death grant in the last financial year; and what was the cost of administration.
§ Mr. RossiThe estimated cost of the grant in the financial year 1980–81 is £17 million and the cost of administration is of the order of £8 million. The inordinately high relative cost of administration is a major factor we are taking into account in our current review of the death grant.