HC Deb 15 April 2002 vol 383 c704W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what has been the(a) budget and (b) outturn of (i) the community care grant budget and (ii) the loans budget, in (1) cash and (2) real terms in each year since 1997. [48642]

Malcolm Wicks

The available information is in the tables:

There have been 277 people over the age of 55 recruited into benefit paying offices between 1 April 2001 and 31 March 2002.