HC Deb 24 July 1991 vol 195 cc647-8W
Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy towards the recommendations of the "Disability Manifesto: An Agenda for the 1990s", a copy of which has been sent to him, which relate to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

years 1991–92 and 1992–93 in carrying out this task. Local authorities will be paid grant on the basis of applications submitted to the Department in accordance with arrangements to be agreed between them and the Department. Parliamentary approval of this new expenditure will be sought in a supplementary estimate for the relevant vote—class XV, vote 22. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure, estimated at about £5 million, will be met by repayable advances from the contingencies fund.