§ Mr. Crowtherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether any guidelines have been given to local authorities concerning minimum temperatures to be maintained in (a) bedrooms, (b) sitting rooms and (c) bathrooms in residential homes for elderly people; and if he will publish them.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergDesign guidance issued to local authorities recommends that areas of residential homes occupied and used by residents should be maintained at a comfortable level of temperature at all times; the technical specification recommends that space heating installations shoud be capable of producing a temperature of 21°C under specified conditions. This specification is included in "Local Authority Building Note Number 2 (Revised 1973)", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.