§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each local authority in England the total amount of rate relief granted under the Government's obligations to provide reimbursement of 90 per cent. of such relief to (a) registered nursing homes and (b) registered rest homes.
§ Mrs. RumboldInformation is not available for particular types of premises receiving rate relief under the Rating (Disabled Persons) Act 1978. Figures are given for the amount of relief for all institutions, and the amount reimbursed to the local authority by my Department, for each local rating authority in England for the latest available year, 1984–85. In some cases the figures are still subject to audit.
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Subsidy to Local Authority (90 per cent.) Benefit paid by Local Authority (100 per cent.) Adur 65,079 72,310 Allerdale 55,764 61,960 Alnwick 19,977 22,197 Amber Valley 54,022 60,024 Arun 206,869 229,855 Ashfield 109,900 122,111 Ashford 53,516 59,462 Aylesbury Vale 121,008 134,453 Babergh 60,123 66,803 Barking and Dagenham 167,787 186,430 Barnet 371,374 412,638 Barnsley 168,134 186,816 Barrow in Furness 61,514 68,349 Basildon 43,275 48,083 Basingstoke and Deane 58,740 65,267 Bassetlaw 71,790 79,767 Bath 141,132 156,813 Berwick upon Tweed 15,986 17,762 Beverley 93,646 104,051 Bexley 89,061 98,957 Birmingham 451,353 501,503 Blaby 10,544 11,716 Blackburn 157,738 175,264 Blackpool 181,251 201,390 Blyth Valley 38,567 42,853 Bolsover 29,540 32,822 Bolton 181,633 201,814 Boothferry 33,377 37,086 Boston 23,894 26,549 Bournemouth 398,103 442,337 Bracknell 77,288 85,876 Bradford 501,777 557,530 Braintree 78,425 87,139 Breckland 44,041 48,934 Brent 486,729 540,810 Brentwood 24,710 27,455 Bridgnorth 30,837 34,263 674W
Subsidy to Local Authority (90 per cent.) Benefit paid by Local Authority (100 per cent.) Brighton 227,886 253,206 Bristol 666,384 740,427 Broadland 56,958 63,287 Bromley 229,131 254,590 Bromsgrove 113,545 126,161 Broxbourne 45,471 50,523 Broxtowe 70,759 78,621 Burnley 95,213 105,792 Bury 214,348 238,164 Calderdale 161,006 178,896 Cambridge 83,371 92,635 Camden 453,570 503,967 Cannock Chase 28,626 31,807 Canterbury 127,204 141,338 Caradon 39,909 44,343 Carlisle 100,280 111,422 Carrick 59,255 65,838 Castle Morpeth 85,708 95,231 Castle Point 46,737 51,930 Charnwood 76,807 85,341 Chelmsford 37,116 41,240 Cheltenham 125,537 139,486 Cherwell 60,776 67,529 Chester 80,906 89,895 Chester le Street 24,001 26,668 Chesterfield 55,096 61,218 Chichester 139,961 155,512 Chiltern 179,636 199,596 Chorley 61,010 67,789 Christchurch 31,079 34,532 Cleethorpes 23,561 26,179 Colchester 21,114 23,460 Congleton 44,756 49,729 Copeland 56,731 63,034 Corby 27,696 30,773 Cotswold 54,480 60,533 Coventry 450,517 500,574 Craven 41,948 46,609 Crawley 51,817 57,574 Crewe and Nantwich 119,596 132,884 Croydon 297,193 330,214 Dacorum 106,509 118,343 Darlington 134,916 149,907 Dartford 62,437 69,375 Daventry 19,863 22,070 Derby 102,659 114,066 Derwentside 75,591 83,990 Doncaster 269,246 299,162 Dover 80,786 89,762 Dudley 211,496 234,996 Durham 70,762 78,624 Ealing 285,154 316,838 Easington 54,956 61,062 East Cambridgeshire 23,148 25,720 East Devon 124,882 138,758 East Hampshire 127,534 141,704 East Hertfordshire 157,471 174,968 East Lindsey 88,816 98,685 East Northamptonshire 15,664 17,404 East Staffordshire 60,140 66,822 East Yorkshire 95,706 106,340 Eastbourne 130,989 145,543 Eastleigh 55,140 61,267 Eden 35,902 39,891 Ellesmere Port 58,734 65,260 Elmbridge 118,884 132,093 Enfield 202,147 224,608 Epping Forest 102,183 113,537 Epsom and Ewell 44,186 49,095 Erewash 101,657 112,952 Exeter 202,296 224,773 Fareham 44,531 49,479 Fenland 55,692 61,880 Forest Heath 16,778 18,642 Forest of Dean 58,060 64,511 675W
Subsidy to Local Authority (90 per cent.) Benefit paid by Local Authority (100 per cent.) Fylde 86,344 95,938 Gateshead 213,615 237,350 Gedling 72,925 81,028 Gillingham 31,492 34,991 Glanford 52,059 57,843 Gloucester 64,302 71,447 Gosport 37,113 41,237 Gravesham 33,653 37,392 Great Grimsby 62,066 68,962 Great Yarmouth 47,697 52,997 Greenwich 266,228 295,809 Guildford 123,970 137,744 Hackney 355,967 395,519 Halton 92,255 102,505 Hambleton 47,849 53,166 Hammersmith and Fulham 198,726 220,807 Harborough 39,363 43,737 Haringey 324,521 360,579 Harlow 40,313 44,792 Harrogate 212,215 235,795 Harrow 172,427 191,585 Hart 39,804 44,227 Hartlepool 65,397 72,663 Hastings 128,417 142,686 Havant 62,967 69,963 Havering 159,954 177,727 Hereford 78,427 87,141 Hertsmere 145,281 161,423 High Peak 61,691 68,546 Hillingdon 306,220 340,244 Hinckley and Bosworth 30,760 34,178 Holderness 29,614 32,905 Horsham 136,694 151,882 Hounslow 191,088 212,320 Hove 267,530 297,256 Huntingdon 54,585 60,650 Hyndburn 64,651 71,835 Ipswich 87,908 97,675 Isles of Scilly 0 0 Islington 312,726 347,474 Rennet 43,213 48,015 Kensington and Chelsea 252,170 280,189 Kerrier 88,648 98,498 Kettering 57,865 64,295 King's Lynn and West Norfolk 55,312 61,458 Kingston upon Hull 294,032 326,702 Kingston upon Thames 110,722 123,024 Kingswood 60,460 67,177 Kirklees 228,193 253,548 Knowsley 104,535 116,150 Lambeth 580,361 644,845 Lancaster 133,210 148,011 Langbaurgh 64,687 71,875 Leeds 562,514 625,016 Leicester 220,623 245,137 Leominster 43,706 48,562 Lewes 176,085 195,650 Lewisham 313,905 348,783 Lichfield 84,069 93,410 Lincoln 75,992 84,435 Liverpool 666,315 740,350 London City 0 0 Luton 0 0 Macclesfield 175,386 194,874 Maidstone 40,142 44,602 Maldon 23,504 26,116 Malvern Hills 119,954 133,282 Manchester 809,666 899,629 Mansfield 119,925 133,250 Medina 57,788 64,209 Melton 21,529 23,921 Mendip 63,060 70,067 Merton 94,500 105,000 676W
Subsidy to Local Authority (90 per cent.) Benefit paid by Local Authority (100 per cent.) Mid Bedfordshire 83,936 93,262 Mid Devon 50,774 56,415 Mid Suffolk 41,782 46,425 Mid Sussex 129,043 143,381 Middlesbrough 91,162 101,291 Milton Keynes 57,111 63,457 Mole Valley 175,800 195,333 New Forest 125,516 139,462 Newark and Sherwood 18,285 20,317 Newbury 78,461 87,179 Newcastle under Lyme 80,373 89,303 Newcastle upon Tyne 612,601 680,668 Newham 272,972 303,302 North Bedfordshire 102,726 114,140 North Cornwall 51,284 56,982 North Devon 86,070 95,633 North Dorset 37,961 42,179 North East Derbyshire 3,903 4,337 North Hertfordshire 75,904 84,338 North Kesteven 51,365 57,072 North Norfolk 93,095 103,439 North Shropshire 29,975 33,306 North Tyneside 242,204 269,115 North Warwickshire 45,820 50,911 North West Leicestershire 37,084 41,205 North Wiltshire 109,198 121,331 Northampton 382,460 424,955 Northavon 107,753 119,726 Norwich 125,963 139,959 Nottingham 515,976 573,307 Nuneaton and Bedworth 70,346 78,162 Oadby and Wigston 45,549 50,610 Oldham 278,483 309,426 Oswestry 29,507 32,786 Oxford 131,145 145,717 Pendle 44,940 49,934 Penwith 43,627 48,474 Peterborough 136,838 152,042 Plymouth 194,101 215,668 Poole 193,020 214,467 Portsmouth 207,919 231,021 Preston 99,345 110,383 Purbeck 51,974 57,749 Reading 120,233 133,592 Redbridge 174,045 193,383 Redditch 35,314 39,237 Reigate and Banstead 202,045 224,494 Restormel 78,172 86,858 Ribble Valley 46,240 51,378 Richmond upon Thames 153,070 170,078 Richmondshire 25,581 28,424 Rochdale 208,340 231,489 Rochester on Medway 37,397 41,552 Rochford 27,407 30,452 Rossendale 31,561 35,068 Rother 142,463 158,292 Rotherham 218,506 242,785 Rugby 92,216 102,462 Runnymede 35,463 39,403 Rushcliffe 96,759 107,510 Rushmoor 32,152 35,724 Rutland 26,941 29,935 Ryedale 30,620 34,022 Salford 228,048 253,387 Salisbury 85,831 95,367 Sandwell 204,300 227,000 Scarborough 175,365 194,850 Scunthorpe 41,172 45,747 Sedgefield 71,067 78,963 Sedgemoor 89,421 99,357 Sefton 423,753 470,837 Selby 27,072 30,080 Sevenoaks 130,266 144,740 Sheffield 851,583 946,203 677W
Subsidy to Local Authority (90 per cent.) Benefit paid by Local Authority (100 per cent.) Shepway 109,196 121,329 Shrewsbury and Atcham 97,249 108,054 Slough 74,112 82,347 Solihull 152,053 168,948 South Bedforshire 86,099 95,666 South Bucks 78,289 86,988 South Cambridgeshire 191,177 212,419 South Derbyshire 18,431 20,479 South Hams 68,884 76,538 South Herefordshire 21,821 24,246 South Holland 44,139 49,043 South Kesteven 48,041 53,379 South Lakeland 84,643 94,048 South Norfolk 19,584 21,760 South Northamptonshire 8,630 9,589 South Oxfordshire 122,269 135,855 South Ribble 58,540 65,044 South Shropshire 32,411 36,012 South Somerset 106,408 118,231 South Staffordshire 60,147 66,830 South Tyneside 145,852 162,058 South Wight 54,720 60,800 Southampton 179,284 199,204 Southend on Sea 269,638 299,598 Southwark 517,500 575,000 Spelthornc 60,223 66,914 St. Albans 140,964 156,627 St. Edmundsbury 61,513 68,348 St. Helens 185,206 205,784 Stafford 90,980 101,089 Staffordshire Moorlands 70,049 77,832 Stevenage 83,791 93,102 Stockport 265,046 294,495 Stockton on Tees 40,159 44,621 Stoke on Trent 346,150 384,611 Stratford on Avon 79,155 87,950 Stroud 106,775 118,639 Suffolk Coastal 54,256 60,284 Sunderland 357,947 397,719 Surrey Heath 73,822 82,025 Sutton 120,298 133,664 Swale 43,123 47,914 Tameside 160,943 178,826 Tamworth 21,117 23,463 Tandridge 127,808 142,009 Taunton Deane 83,556 92,840 Teesdale 10,280 11,423 Teignbridge 144,465 160,517 Tendering 184,677 205,197 Test Valley 136,607 151,786 Tewkesbury 45,598 50,665 Thamesdown 128,407 142,674 Thanet 192,246 213,607 Three Rivers 84,983 94,426 Thurrock 42,350 47,056 Tonbridge and Mailing 127,616 141,795 Torbay 253,420 281,578 Torridge 20,628 22,920 Tower Hamlets 213,856 237,618 Trafford 146,853 163,170 Tunbridge Wells 121,673 135,192 Tynedale 53,274 59,193 Uttlesford 60,723 67,470 Vale of White Horse 64,407 71,563 Vale Royal 115,356 128,174 Wakefield 241,544 268,382 Walsall 240,566 267,296 Waltham Forest 128,546 142,829 Wandsworth 304,764 338,627 Wansbeck 66,462 73,847 Wansdyke 73,247 81,385 Warrington 99,233 110,259 Warwick 130,261 144,734 Watford 69,026 76,696 Waveney 84,784 94,205
Subsidy to Local Authority (90 per cent.) Benefit paid by Local Authority (100 per cent.) Waverley 172,839 192,044 Wealden 106,948 118,831 Wear Valley 33,434 37,148 Wellingborough 66,487 73,874 Welwyn Hatfield 102,940 114,378 West Derbyshire 37,138 41,264 West Devon 39,604 44,004 West Dorset 76,164 84,626 West Lancashire 60,813 67,570 West Lindsey 58,901 65,446 West Oxfordshire 70,110 77,901 West Somerset 32,184 35,760 West Wiltshire 59,539 66,155 Westminster 453,326 503,696 Weymouth and Portland 73,681 81,868 Wigan 316,800 352,000 Wimborne 45,747 50,830 Winchester 124,139 137,932 Windsor and Maidenhead 120,230 133,589 Wirral 202,313 224,792 Woking 67,349 74,832 Wokingham 141,528 157,253 Wolverhampton 662,935 736,595 Woodspring 241,899 268,776 Worcester 102,165 113,517 Worthing 205,136 227,929 Wrekin 83,948 93,275 Wychavon 78,871 87,635 Wycombe 64,800 72,000 Wyre 69,038 76,709 Wyre Forest 92,675 102,972 York 97,472 108,302 Totals 46,235,756 51,373,067
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the working of the Rating (Disabled Persons) Act 1978 in so far as it relates to the relief from rates of registered nursing homes and registered rest homes.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe Rating (Disabled Persons) Act 1978 was amended by the Rates Act 1984. As amended, section 2 provides for full or partial rate relief for institutions accepted by the local rating authority as being used wholly or predominantly for specified purposes, mainly the accommodation or employment of ill or disabled people.
Nursing homes, rest homes and similar premises fall within the scope of the relief when they are used wholly or predominantly to provide residential nursing and domestic care for people who are or have been suffering from illness or who are disabled, but not if their clients are there solely because of factors such as age, being otherwise fit. No distinction is drawn between public sector and private sector institutions. Last year, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services strengthened the regulatory and inspection procedures for such institutions under the provisions of the Registered Homes Act 1984.
To minimise the effect on local resources, particularly in areas where such premises are concentrated, my Department reimburses to local authorities 90 per cent. of the amount of the relief. The remaining 10 per cent. is taken into account when block grant entitlement is calculated.
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to how many 678W cases relating to the Rating (Disabled Persons) Act 1978 have been heard in the High Court since the Act came into operation; and what effect the outcome of these cases has had on the working of the legislation.
§ Mrs. RumboldI am aware of six cases. Only two of them have affected the operation of the Act: Morganv. Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council and Glenherne Nursing Services Ltd. v. Same, heard together in 1981. The judgment clarified the meanings of "care" and "illness" defined in section 2 of the Act in such a way as to bring within its scope premises providing for those who, as a result of illness or disability, could no longer live at home. A number of local authority and privately-run institutions which had previously been thought not be eligible have since successfully applied for relief.