HC Deb 15 December 1988 vol 143 c695W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will instruct social fund officers to consider the possible award of a community care grant in every case they handle as a means of ensuring that the budget is not underspent at the end of the year.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Social fund officers are advised in "Social Fund Manual" paragraphs 1026, 3053 and 4032 that for each application they should consider whether a community care grant would meet the particular need.