HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 c134W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services whether a hospital patient whose invalidity benefit on discharge from hospital will be 20p per week above the level of income support can be awarded a social fund grant to enable discharge to take place.

Mr. Portillo

Community care grants are available only to people in receipt of income support at the date of application or who, up to within six weeks of discharge from institutional or residential care will, in the opinion of the social fund officer, be likely to receive income support on discharge.