HC Deb 20 May 1988 vol 133 c586W
Mr. Roy Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to issue a circular to local authorities in Wales on the implications of the outcome of Newport's scheme to provide cheap television licences to pensioners.

Mr. Renton

No.

Mr. Roy Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will circularise to all Welsh local authorities information advising them of the rules by which certain accommodation for elderly people can be adapted so that they can benefit from concessionary television licences.

Mr. Renton

No. Guidance on the requirements for eligibility for the accommodation for residential care licence is available on demand from the National TV Licence Records Office.