§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give details of the date on which the social fund budgets were exhausted during their first month of operation for his Department's local offices in Sale, Rusholme and Chorlton in Manchester.
§ Mr. PortilloAs I explained in my reply to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Maryhill (Mrs. Fyfe) on 4 March at column746, local offices do not have fixed monthly budgets but monthly profiles of expected expenditure to assist them in planning their social fund payments. I announced in my reply to the hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett) on 6 May at column 656 that I will provide on a monthly basis data on the operation of the social fund for each local office.