§ Mr. Roweasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much money was originally allocated to the scheme entitled "Helping the Community to Care"; when it was first established; what terms as regards maximum size of annual payments, the number and nature of projects funded from the scheme and the length of the scheme's planned existence were made; and what proportion of the scheme's money was actually spent in 1984–85 and is likely to be spent in 1985–86.
§ Mr. WhitneyMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services announced on 5 July 1984 that he was making £10.5 million available over three years for this programme and that arrangements for funding projects would be worked out in detail with the voluntary bodies concerned. Details of expenditure on each of the dozen elements in the programme are not yet available. For information about the content of these 12 elements, expenditure in 1984–85 and expected expenditure in 1985–86 I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to the right hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley) on 27 January, at columns397–98.