§ Baroness Jegerasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the cash limits for grants from the social fund in each local office; what is the basis of setting these limits; and how the limits compare with sums paid out in 1985–86 by the same areas in single payments under the supplementary benefits rules.
§ Lord Skelmersdale:Information is available in the library on social fund budgets for each local office for 1988–89 on the basis for their allocation and on single payment expenditure by each local office for 1985–86