§ 20. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now give consideration to providing further assistance to those families which contain two or more persons suffering disability, particularly when these cases, whilst involving considerable hardship, do not qualify for the constant attendance allowance.
§ Sir K. JosephI have recently announced our proposals for the extension of attendance allowance to bring in about 250,000 more disabled people, which 1016 should help many of the people whom the hon. Member has in mind.—[Vol. 833, c. 1501–18.]
§ Mr. HardyWhile the new modified allowance is very welcome and maybe most relevant in such cases, will the right hon. Gentleman consider revising the arrangements to allow a greater and perhaps earlier generosity when applications are received from persons living in a household in which there may be two or more individuals who are disabled? Is he aware that I have written about such a case in my constituency?
§ Sir K. JosephI am aware of the constituency case to which the hon. Gentleman refers, and I believe that the two cases concerned in the same household are subject to review by the Attendance Allowance Board.