Annex M
DISCRETIONARY SOCIAL FUND BUDGET 2000-01—SIZE
and ALLOCATION
April 2000—budget for 2000/01
Gross Budget £596 million
Increase of £60.8 million (11.3 per cent)
over April 1999 allocation of £535.2 million
The gross budget is made up of new money (Annually
Managed Expenditure) of £138.2 million plus a forecast of
loan recoveries during the year of £457.8 million.
Allocations 2000-01
| Community care grants
| £100 million |
| Crisis and budgeting loans | £494 million
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| Contingency reserve | £2 milion (held centrally)
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Basis for the 2000/01 allocation to Districts
Community Care Grants
— Community Care Grant budget was increased by £2
million to £100 million
— All Districts received an increase ranging between
1.2 per cent and 8 per cent
— Highest increases went to Districts able to meet
the lowest level of demand
— Community Care Grants continue to support families
with children, the disabled and others who may need a helping
hand to live independently in the community
Loans
— Loans budget increased by £57.3 million over
April 1999 allocation
— Increase allocated to Districts to further the
long term aim of greater consistency of outcome for budgeting
loan applicants wherever they live
— Highest increases were targeted on those Districts
who would otherwise have been able to offer the lowest budgeting
loan awards
Contingency reserve
— Increased from £0.5 million to £2 million
— Increased to support Districts who may come under
unexpected financial pressure
In-year allocation and re-allocation December 2000
— In year allocation of £30 million
— Re-distribution between Districts of £4 million
— The in-year allocation increased the 2000-01 loans
budget from £494 million to £524 milion.
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