HC Deb 14 July 1987 vol 119 c461W
Mr. David Martin

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received concerning the system that when a child is at a special boarding school invalid care allowance is paid only in holiday periods and not as a retainer to the person responsible for the caring; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Scott

Invalid care allowance is paid to a carer for each week he or she spends at least 35 hours caring for a severly disabled person who is living at home and receiving an attendance allowance. We have not received any representations about these rules which preclude payment of the allowance when the disabled person is living away from home at a special boarding school or other residential accommodation.