HC Deb 07 March 1983 vol 38 c308W
Mr. Hordern

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he proposes to make a statement about the outcome of discussions with the National Association of Almshouses about making the statutory accounting requirements for almshouse charities less detailed.

Mr. Stanley

My right hon. Friend laid the Registered Housing Associations (Accounting Requirements for Almshouses) Order 1983, made under section 124 of the Housing Act 1980, today. It exempts almshouse charities registered with the Housing Corporation in England and Wales from many of the provisions of the Registered Housing. Associations (Accounting Requirements) Order 1982, thus reducing significantly the administrative work involved in producing their accounts for submission to the Housing Corporation.