§ Mr. Astorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he proposes to start the payment of the new attendance allowance for severely disabled people.
§ Sir K. JosephI am glad to be able to tell my hon. Friend that payment of attendance allowance will start from 6th December, 1971. This represents an improvement of four months on the target date of April, 1972, of which I told the House on Second Reading last July, and much creit is due in this connection to the Attendance Allowance Board. Leaflets and other forms of publicity later in the year will tell those concerned how to claim the allowance.—[Vol. 803, c. 1014.]