§ Mr. ShersbyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each London borough the amounts by which lodging charges in nurses' homes have been abated in 1990–91 to take account of the abolition of domestic rates.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyLodging charges in nurses' homes were abated from 1 April 1990 by standard percentages varying between 18.6 per cent. and 21.7 per cent.—the precise figure depending on the category of accommodation—after increases for 1990–91 were applied, to take account of the abolition of domestic rates. Health authorities have had a degree of flexibility over the charges they make since April 1989. Information on the cash value of abatements by London boroughs is not held centrally.