§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if a local authority is entitled to refuse to assist a disabled person with the provision of a telephone or the rental payments on the 322W grounds that he is receiving the attendance allowance; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. ChalkerWhere a local authority is satisfied that in order to meet the needs of a disabled person normally living in its area it is necessary for it to make arrangements for assistanace with the installation of a telephone or with the rental, it has a duty under section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 to make such arrangments. The receipt of attendance allowance does not affect that duty, once need is determined, although a local authority may have regard to the beneficiary's means when deciding whether to make a charge for services provided.