§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the impact of the cost of meeting 80 per cent. of local authority expenditure incurred in assisting asylum seekers following benefit withdrawal from Exchequer funds, on the savings he has projected for the benefit changes. [20276]
§ Mr. Roger EvansGrants will be paid on unavoidable additional expenditure above a certain threshold and will be assessed in arrears on the basis of claims. Threshold levels are still to be determined. The level of grant will depend on the actual claims made by local authorities.
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