§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the Government will make a decision as to the distribution of the special grant for local authorities faced with exceptional costs arising from the influx of refugees from former Yugoslavia, announced on 16 November 1992; and what criteria will be applied in the making of that decision.
§ Mr. Robin SquireMy right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment is today laying the 849W Special Grant Report (No. 5). That report, inter alia, sets out the determination of the amounts of Yugoslav displaced persons grant to he paid to certain charging authorities in support of expenditure incurred in the financial year 1992–93. The criteria applied in making the determination are set out in the report.