HC Deb 29 March 1996 vol 274 c756W
Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the Northern Ireland social fund discretionary budget will be for 1996–97. [24345]

Mr. Moss

I am pleased to announce that the social fund gross discretionary budget for 1996–97 will be £36.71 million. Some £9.76 million will be allocated to grants; £26.85 million to loans; and £0.1 million will be held as a contingency reserve. The new allocations represent an increase nearing £5 million over the gross budget set at April 1995.

Details of the individual district budget allocations, together with a note explaining the basis on which they have been made, will be placed in the Library today.

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