§ Mr. ClayTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate as to how much of the funds allocated to the social fund will have been unspent by the end of the 1988–89 financial year, broken down into (i) budgeting loans, (ii) crisis loans, and (iii) community care grants.
§ Mr. Peter LloydBased on expenditure to the end of February 1989 the gross underspend on the loans budget at the end of the 1988–89 financial year is estimated at £18 million. The estimated underspend on the grants budget is £20 million. Crisis loans and budgeting loans are paid from a single loans budget.
§ Dame Peggy FennerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will announce the revised social fund allocation for the office at Chatham following the transfer to that office of responsiility for the area covered by Rochester area office.
§ Mr. Peter LloydOn 31 March 1989 the office at Rochester will close and merge with the office at Chatham on 1 April 1989. Accordingly the social fund allocation for Chatham has been adjusted. The revised allocation is:
£ Grants budget 159,467 Loans budget 385,634