§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Malcolm Wicks):I am pleased to announce that 88 of the 135 bids submitted to the Help Fund have been successful. As around a quarter of these 85WS are joint bids from groups of Local Authorities, the Fund will help 272 Authorities overall. The Help Fund was set up to address core problems in Housing Benefit delivery at a local level and is a practical demonstration of the Government's commitment to working with local authorities to improve the standard of Housing Benefit administration. The funded projects totalling over £4.6 million will make significant improvements in areas such as training, customer service and IT capabilities. I am placing a full list of the successful bids in the library today.