§ Mr. RandallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much has been spent by his Department since 1981 on hostels which are financed and managed through the Department of Social Security system.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI have been asked to reply.
Before 31 March 1985 the Department's accounting system did not specifically identify expenditure on its hostels (known as resettlement units). Also, up to 31 March 1987, most of the resettlement units were jointly run with the Department's re-establishment centres. Therefore, separate expenditure details for resettlement units are available only from 1987–88 after the closure of the re-establishment centres. Gross expenditure including that paid to PSA for certain maintenance work was as follows:
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£ million 1985–86 112.5 1986–87 111.5 1987–88 12.1 1988–89 212.5 1 Includes expenditure on re-establishment centres. 2 Forecast.