§ Mr. Chopeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to announce a final decision on the future of re-establishment centres; and when he expects to reply to the Second Report from the Social Services Committee, Session 1985–86, on resettlement units and re-establishment centres.
§ Mr. MajorIn February 1985 the Government announced plans to close the 19 re-establishment centres (RECs) run by the Department of Health and Social
318Wcolumn 526 explained that we intend to amend the housing benefits regulations as soon as possible to provide for the mortgage interest element of a home income plan to be ignored in the housing benefit assessment. We have no plans at present to change the way that other types of annuity are treated in the assessment.