§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has any plans to increase assistance in the form of single payments to assist mentally handicapped people to set up home in their communities.
§ Mr. MajorThe Government have already announced their intention to replace the existing single payments regulations in April 1988. Grants to promote community care will be made from the new discretionary social fund, in particular, to help people to re-establish themselves in the community following a stay in institutional or residential care. We plan to target help on vulnerable groups including mentally handicapped people and hope to be able to respond to their needs in a more flexible way then the present system allows.
Final Revenue and Capital Cash Limits1 £000s Region 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 Revenue Northern 331,760 442,422 483,312 524,176 553,972 588,093 618,849 Yorkshire 375,478 499,283 547,152 590,397 623,720 657,459 686,193 Trent 437,607 584,426 644,611 694,210 736,498 785,483 836,351 East Anglian 182,967 244,748 269,314 291,011 311,707 331,700 355,385 North West Thames 438,773 583,939 643,693 630,187 654,944 696,599 713,194 North East Thames 480,181 635,907 693,840 795,234 828,880 867,137 897,987 South East Thames 451,820 601,749 656,510 699,866 729,510 766,367 797,993 South West Thames 354,614 466,979 517,658 535,726 554,052 588,383 599,402 Wessex 268,318 351,050 390,364 424,173 440,120 479,603 504,701 Oxford 216,647 284,449 312,099 332,899 350,569 378,136 398,107 South Western 329,628 428,345 472,900 508,954 538,149 568,012 598,751 West Midlands 522,633 678,995 752,247 814,275 861,746 908,176 956,120 Mersey 283,802 369,217 406,198 437,494 457,275 481,787 501,459 North Western 456,855 601,857 675,155 730,416 763,336 807,578 848,196 Capital Northern 28,417 36,166 47,162 45,895 43,291 47,868 46,221 Yorkshire 32,709 41,332 51,221 49,850 52,359 56,384 69,933 Trent 45,328 50,598 63,313 65,863 65,120 67,532 72,459 East Anglian 22,823 27,091 31,671 31,305 23,256 27,026 29,918 North West Thames 23,316 32,846 37,503 45,522 44,703 45,879 59,606 North East Thames 30,830 46,701 53,285 56,890 58,759 66,043 63,263 South East Thames 24,544 34,084 41,567 44,228 51,944 47,295 47,572 South West Thames 21,201 32,065 32,856 35,429 34,697 31,169 40,901 Wessex 21,308 32,926 42,251 42,965 49,219 60,536 67,104 Oxford 12,665 17,414 26,307 25,959 30,032 26,521 23,112 South Western 22,388 31,888 41,375 46,819 52,077 60,449 59,871