§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what guidelines his Department has issued to local social fund officers concerning applications for community care grants or crisis loans for the payment of fees for the assessment of dyslexia in the children of claimants; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ScottNone. However, the Secretary of State's directions to social fund officers preclude any award in respect of a medical service or an educational need. And, in the case of crisis loans, a social fund officer must be satisfied that an award is the only means by which serious damage or serious risk to the health or safety of the applicant, or to a member of his family, may be prevented.