§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any proposals to amend local authority regulations concerning the treatment of capital of residents of local authority residential homes to bring them into line with similar regulations for the payment of income support.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe White Paper, "Caring for People", makes it clear that our intention is to align the local authority charging rules for residential care with those for the treatment of resources, both income and capital, under the income support scheme. The details of the alignment have yet to be worked out.