§ Sir John FarrTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he has given to correspondence from the hon. Member for Harborough, together with Harborough district council, relating to the intended removal of sheltered residents at Hill court, Bushby, Leicestershire from the concessionary television licence scheme; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorWe have now seen copies of the correspondence and confirm that the Hill court scheme cannot qualify for the concession under the 1988 regulations. The fact that the scheme and adjoining doctor's surgery were built as one structure means the scheme fails to satisfy the common and exclusive boundary criterion.
However, residents who had the concession before the change in the regulations in May 1988 will continue to benefit from it under the preserved rights provision of the 1988 regulations.