§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consideration has been given to the respective numbers of premium recipients at each social security office in determining the 1989–90 social fund budget.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 26 April 1989]: The characteristics of the income support caseload of each social security office were taken into account in determining its social fund budget for 1989–90—that is, the number of pensioners, people with disability premiums, unemployed and others. Details of the basis of the calculations were placed in the Library on 23 March.