§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what guidance he will issue to local authorities on whether they are to disregard payments from the Independent Living Fund when assessing an individual's ability to pay for any services provided by them under section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970.
§ Mr. ScottWe are considering whether guidance needs to be issued to local authorities on the Independent Living Fund.
Medical boarding centre (respiratory diseases) Initial references for asbestos-related diseases Positive diagnoses Prescribed disease Total Prescribed disease Total D1 D3 D1 D3 1978 Cardiff 74 10 84 15 9 24 Glasgow 46 2 48 10 2 12 London 113 9 122 24 2 26 Manchester 115 15 130 27 15 42 Newcastle 65 16 81 28 14 42 Sheffield 56 4 60 18 3 21 Stoke 10 4 14 3 3 6 Swansea 6 1 7 3 1 4 All centres 485 61 546 128 49 177 1979 Cardiff 48 18 66 12 14 26 Glasgow 48 1 49 17 1 18 London 88 11 99 15 10 25 Manchester 112 14 126 23 14 37 Newcastle 72 15 87 25 13 38 Sheffield 62 13 75 24 11 35 Stoke 14 — 14 8 — 8 Swansea 3 4 7 1 2 3 All Centres 447 76 523 125 65 190 1980 Cardiff 67 11 78 24 11 35 Glasgow 50 7 57 19 7 26 London 80 15 95 20 12 32 Manchester 89 20 109 21 19 40 Newcastle 69 13 82 28 12 40 Sheffield 52 9 61 25 9 34 Stoke 14 2 16 6 2 8 Swansea 6 1 7 1 1 2 All Centres 427 78 505 144 73 217 1981 Cardiff 59 18 77 14 15 29