§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the organisations which commented on the "Social Fund Manual: Draft Guidance arid Directions for Department of Health and Social Security Social Fund Officers."
§ Mr. ScottA total of 98 organisations commented on the "Social Fund Manual: Draft Guidance and Directions for DHSS Social Fund Officers". The organisations which commented were as follows:
- Age Concern for England
- Age Concern for Scotland
- Alcohol Concern
- Anchor Housing Trust
- Association of Charity Officers
- Association of County Councils
- Association of Directors of Social Services
- Association of Directors of Social Work
- Association of Metropolitan Authorities
- Alone in London Service
- Barnardo's
- Belfast Law Centre
- Brighton Rights Advice Centre
- British Association of Social Workers
- British Refugee Council
- Cadet Advisory Service Ltd.
- Campaign for the Homeless and Rootless and 13 of its members/affiliates
- Care and Repair Ltd.
- Central London Social Security Advisors Forum
- Centrepoint Soho
- Chester Aid to the Homeless
- Child Poverty Action Group plus the Northern Ireland representatives
- Consortium
- Contact (Youth Counselling Service)
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
- Crisis at Christmas
- Derwentside Women's Aid
- Disability Alliance
- Disablement Income Group
- Equal Opportunities Commission
- Family Fund
- Family Welfare Association
- Hampstead Wells and Camden Trust
- Islington People's Rights
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- Mobility Scheme
- Living Options
- London Borough of Hackney
- London Women's Aid
- Lothian Regional Council
- Maternity Alliance
- MENCAP, the Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults
- MIND, National Association for Mental Health
- National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and two local offices
- National Association of Probation Officers and four individual Probation Service Offices
- National Consumer Council
- National Council for One Parent Families
- National Federation of Women's Institutes
- North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board
- Northern Ireland Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
- Northern Ireland Council on Disability
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
- Pensioners' Voice, North Wales Area
- Peterloo Housing Association
- Policy Studies Institute
- Portsmouth Council of Community Service
- St. Mungo Housing
- Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
- Scottish Association for Mental Health
- Scottish Council for Single Homeless
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped
- Scottish Women's Aid
- Shaftesbury Society
- Social Policy Research Unit
- Social Security Advisory Committee
- Southampton Resettlement Project
- Southern Health and Social Services Board
- Special Needs Housing Advisory Service
- Step One—Peterborough Centre for the Unemployed and Unwaged
- Strathclyde Regional Council
- Suffolk County Council, Social Services Department
- Trades Union Congress
- University College Hospital—Terminal Care Support Team
- Voluntary Organisations Personal and Social Services Group
- Welfare Advice and Information Forum
- West End Coordinated Voluntary Services for Homeless Single People
- West Midlands Welfare Rights Agency
- Western Health and Social Services Board
§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will indicate the main recommendations that were made by organisations commenting on the "Social Fund Manual: Draft Guidance and Directions for Department of Health and Social Security Social Fund Officers".
§ Mr. ScottOur purpose in issuing the draft manual for consultation was to obtain the views of key organisations on the operational aspects of the social fund and to test the clarity and comprehensiveness of the text. We have received a wide range of comments and we are giving them careful consideration before preparing the final version of the manual.
§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the comments received from interested organisations on the "Social Fund Manual: Draft Guidance and Directions for Department of Health and Social Security Social Fund Officers".
§ Mr. ScottNo. It is a matter for the organisations which commented on the draft manual to publish their comments and some have already done so.