§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many grants were made in 1977 by his Department 480W 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. OrmeHousing 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.