§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of community care grant applications received in(a) the York Benefits Agency office, (b) the North Yorkshire Benefits Agency area and (c) the United Kingdom are being refused currently and were being refused one, two, three and four years ago.
§ Mr. ScottNational statistics for the last four years are published in the Secretary of State's annual report on the social fund. Details of community care grant applications and refusals by each Benefits Agency district from April 1990 to September 1992 are in the Library. Earlier information relating to York office is in the table.