§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in view of the amplified guidance given in paragraph 6 of local authority circular (85)2 concerning the exercise of discretion in assessing charges for residential care where a person who has been caring for the resident continues to live in the resident's former dwelling, he will take steps to have the appropriate social security resource regulation altered to bring about an equivalent extension of disregard for social security purposes.
§ Mr. WhitneyWe have no plans to amend the supplementary benefit regulations which currently provide that the value of a claimant's property shall be ignored where it is occupied either in whole or in part by an aged or incapacitated relative or by the spouse where the couple are no longer regarded as living together because of the permanent admission of one of them to hospital or residential accommodation. The treatment of capital will, however, be one of the matters to be considered in the light of the social security review.