§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services why, in the reply of 11 June to the hon. Member for Peckham concerning residential care homes run by organisations set up by Royal Charter and Act of Parliament, he did not state if he plans to extend the current legislative measures on non-statutory residential care homes to such homes; if he will now answer this question; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenI regret that, owing to an oversight, an answer was not given to this question in my reply of 11 June. In the absence of any evidence generally that there is need for a change, we have no plans to withdraw the long standing statutory exemption of these homes from the registration system.