HC Deb 06 March 1978 vol 945 cc479-80W
Mrs. Chalker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many grants were made in 1977 by his Department through the Supplementary Benefits Commission and indirectly through local authority social services and housing grants towards the insulation of poorly appointed private homes with substantial unnecessary heat loss (a) where the occupiers were pensioners, and (b) in other needy cases.

Mr. Orme

Housing grants are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment. I regret that information on payments by the Supplementary Benefits Commission and local authority social services departments is not available.

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