§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what action his Department has undertaken following the research it has commissioned on the social fund; and when a new system of entitlements to grants will be developed.
§ Mr. ScottWe are currently carefully considering the operation of the social fund, including grants provision, in response to the research commissioned from York university's social policy research unit, along with a number of other reports and our own close monitoring of the fund.