§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the guidance to be sent to general practitioners on community charge exemption processing for those who are severely mentally impaired.
§ Mr. GummerWhen the guidance to general practitioners has been finalised, a copy will be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what arrangements are being made to financially support local authorities for revenue forgone on individuals exempt from the community charge.
§ Mr. GummerThe distribution of the needs grant will take into account the fact that authorities will raise no community charge income from exempt persons.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the rights of appeal available to residents of premises where a collective community charge is payable on the level of their contribution to the community charge.
§ Mr. GummerThe level of the daily contribution is fixed by statute as the daily rate of the charging authority's personal community charge. There is no appeal against the level of the personal community charge and, therefore, similarly there is no appeal against the level of the statutory contribution. Information on the correct level of contributions will be available from the charging authority.