§ Sir H. Williamsasked the Minister of Health if he will explain more fully the purpose of S.I. No. 316 of 1950, The National Assistance (Exchequer Contributions) Regulations, 1950.
§ Mr. BevanThe Regulations settle two elements of the Exchequer subsidy payable to local authorities providing homes for old people, etc., under the National Assistance Act which the Act left to be prescribed. For a newly built home the Act provides that the annual subsidy shall be £7 10s. per single bedroom and a sum not exceeding £6 10s. to be prescribed by regulations per intended occupant of larger bedrooms. For a home in an existing building acquired and adapted for the purpose, it lays down the method of calculating the annual subsidy and requires account to be taken of a sum to be prescribed as representing the authority's receipts from each resident by way of rent.