HC Deb 20 July 1988 vol 137 c665W
Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make it his policy to enable those of Vietnamese origin granted refuge in the United Kingdom to be eligible to claim community care grants for setting up home and obtaining their basic needs; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Portillo

Community care grants to set up home may be available to refugees receiving income support if they are being resettled in the community from a hostel or other form of accommodation for refugees by an organisation as part of a planned programme of resettlement.