§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list the number of cases where an application for an exceptional needs payment was refused in each of the last three years; and what percentage of total applications these figures represent.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI regret that this information is not recorded.
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) whether he will list in the Official Report the average amount given as (a) single-item payments and (b) multi-item payments under the exceptional needs payment system for each category under which such payments are recorded in 1980;
(2) whether he will list in the Official Report the categories under which exceptional needs payments were recorded in 1980; and how many such (a) single-item payments and (b) multi-item payments were made in each category.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI regret that this information will not be available until the results of the Department's annual statistical inquiry are available later in the year.