§ Baroness Fisher of Rednalasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have anything further to add to the Answer which they gave on 16th November 1982 to a Question for Written Answer tabled on 9th November on pilot schemes for the housing of sensorily handicapped persons.
§ The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Lord Bellwin)The Housing Corporation, with central Government grant, support the provision of housing association hostels for frail elderly people, a proportion of whom suffer from sensory handicaps. In addition a number of housing association hostels have been provided specifically for the sensorily handicapped. For example two hostels, together accommodating 33 blind people and managed by the Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind Housing Association, have been provided in Birmingham.