§ Mr. Priorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what reply he has sent to the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Health Council concerning the existing 292W ary powers can make a payment for essential tools to a man who is in receipt of supplementary benefit and who has prospects of a job. Inquiries are first made to establish whether tools are essential, whether the employer can be expected to provide them, and whether the man has successfully completed a Government training course where a kit of tools may be supplied as part of the course.