§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will consider widening the classification group of dependants for whom attendance allowance and invalid care allowance may be claimed.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisI take it that the hon. Lady's Question refers to the condition, for the receipt of invalid care allowance (ICA), that the severely disabled person receiving attendance allowance must be a prescribed relative of the carer claiming ICA. We have always acknowledged that it is not only relatives who may care for a severely disabled
180WFor patients put on the waiting list now the range of estimated waiting times is:
person, but in the present economic circumstances extending ICA to non-relatives is not possible.