§ Mr. HaywardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will review the closing date for claims of entitlement to rebates and transitional relief as it relates to the community charge.
§ Mr. LeadbitterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will bring forward proposals on claims for rebates and relief in respect of the community charge to allow a longer time scale for claims to be lodged.
§ Mr. ChopeThe Government have no plans to review the relevant provisions. For community charge benefit, claims may be backdated by up to 56 days after the issue of a community charge bill or longer where there is good cause for a delayed application. Rates-related transitional relief is calculated automatically by authorities and no application is required. The special form of transitional relief for certain pensioners and disabled people requires
564WSource: Mental Health Inquiry.
Note: These figures represent in-patients readmitted to a psychiatric hospital subsequent to a previous admission to that, or another, psychiatric hospital, although not necessarily in the same year. The number of readmissions reported each year do not correspond to individual patients since the same patient can be readmitted more than once during the year.