§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What degree of physical or mental incapacity in a husband is stipulated by them as a condition for treating a wife as the head of household for the purpose of the quota voucher scheme which applies to certain citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, now British Overseas Citizens, who acquired that status by virtue of their connection with former British dependencies in East Africa.
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§ Lord EltonThere are no absolute criteria which can be applied in assessing whether a husband is incapable for medial reasons of fulfilling the role of head of household for the purposes of the special voucher scheme. Only a seriously handicapped person would be so considered. A blind person or a diabetic, for example, would generally be regarded as a head of household, while a person suffering from an advanced stage of Parkinson's disease or a person with the mental age of a young child would generally not be so considered. However, each case is decided on its individual merits and in the light of a full report from a medical officer.