Single Payments

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has any plans to increase assistance in the form of single payments to assist mentally handicapped people to set up home in their communities.

The Government have already announced their intention to replace the existing single payments regulations in April 1988. Grants to promote community care will be made from the new discretionary social fund, in particular, to help people to re-establish themselves in the community following a stay in institutional or residential care. We plan to target help on vulnerable groups including mentally handicapped people and hope to be able to respond to their needs in a more flexible way then the present system allows.

Final Revenue and Capital Cash Limits¹
	£000s
Region	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86
Revenue
Northern	331,760	442,422	483,312	524,176	553,972	588,093	618,849
Yorkshire	375,478	499,283	547,152	590,397	623,720	657,459	686,193
Trent	437,607	584,426	644,611	694,210	736,498	785,483	836,351
East Anglian	182,967	244,748	269,314	291,011	311,707	331,700	355,385
North West Thames	438,773	583,939	643,693	630,187	654,944	696,599	713,194
North East Thames	480,181	635,907	693,840	795,234	828,880	867,137	897,987
South East Thames	451,820	601,749	656,510	699,866	729,510	766,367	797,993
South West Thames	354,614	466,979	517,658	535,726	554,052	588,383	599,402
Wessex	268,318	351,050	390,364	424,173	440,120	479,603	504,701
Oxford	216,647	284,449	312,099	332,899	350,569	378,136	398,107
South Western	329,628	428,345	472,900	508,954	538,149	568,012	598,751
West Midlands	522,633	678,995	752,247	814,275	861,746	908,176	956,120
Mersey	283,802	369,217	406,198	437,494	457,275	481,787	501,459
North Western	456,855	601,857	675,155	730,416	763,336	807,578	848,196
Capital
Northern	28,417	36,166	47,162	45,895	43,291	47,868	46,221
Yorkshire	32,709	41,332	51,221	49,850	52,359	56,384	69,933
Trent	45,328	50,598	63,313	65,863	65,120	67,532	72,459
East Anglian	22,823	27,091	31,671	31,305	23,256	27,026	29,918
North West Thames	23,316	32,846	37,503	45,522	44,703	45,879	59,606
North East Thames	30,830	46,701	53,285	56,890	58,759	66,043	63,263
South East Thames	24,544	34,084	41,567	44,228	51,944	47,295	47,572
South West Thames	21,201	32,065	32,856	35,429	34,697	31,169	40,901
Wessex	21,308	32,926	42,251	42,965	49,219	60,536	67,104
Oxford	12,665	17,414	26,307	25,959	30,032	26,521	23,112
South Western	22,388	31,888	41,375	46,819	52,077	60,449	59,871

Volume 112: debated on Monday 16 March 1987