I propose to take Questions Nos. 512, 528 and 529 together.
My Department remains committed to providing financial assistance to older people and people with a disability who wish to carry out essential repairs, extensions/adaptations to their homes in order to meet their accommodation needs. Work is currently underway on preparing the capital allocations under the housing programme for 2013, including the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. As part of this process, my Department requested local authorities earlier this month to submit details of their capital requirements under the grant schemes. This information is being assessed at present. I intend to announce details of the capital allocations to individual authorities as soon as possible.