§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the existing forms of state support for care that preclude any entitlement to attendance allowance; and whether he proposes to make any change in these arrangements. [20785]
§ Mr. McCartneyIf a person satisfies the conditions of entitlement to attendance allowance it is paid unless that person is being maintained free of charge while receiving NHS treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution, or is provided with residential accommodation in circumstances where the cost of that accommodation is, or may be, borne wholly or partly out of public funds.
No changes to these arrangements are proposed.