To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding has been allocated to support voluntary after-care accommodation projects provided by housing associations and other bodies; what the revaluation rate for 1991–92 will be; and when the voluntary organisations concerned will be informed of those figures.

A total of £9,179,000 has been allocated to the voluntary after-care grant scheme in 1991–92, a proportion of which will be used to fund accommodation projects provided by housing associations and other bodies. We expect the revaluation factor to be at least 8 per cent. for 1991–92. We are already discussing with a number of the major providers of after-care accommodation their likely provision for 1991–92, and an announcement will be made as early as possible in the new year.