§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what financial assistance will be given to local authorities who provide accommodation and other facilities to refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
§ Mr. Robin SquireAs announced by my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning on 16 November 1992,Official Report, column 54, we propose to make available a special grant to assist the small number of local authorities worst affected by the recent influx of displaced persons from the former Yugoslav republic. My Department will be writing to local authorities shortly in order to obtain information on which to base the grant.