HC Deb 06 February 1989 vol 146 c487W
34. Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the payment of community care grants in Manchester.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Take-up of community care grants in Manchester has increased significantly in recent months. The combined expenditure of the Manchester offices at the end of October was 27.5 per cent. of their total annual budget allocation and by the end of December this had increased to 45 per cent.

The equivalent national figures were 24 per cent. and 38 per cent. respectively. Nationally, take-up of community care grants reached 77 per cent. of anticipated monthly expenditure in December.