§ Mr. BellottiTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will bring forward proposals to increase income support for people in residential homes for those with learning difficulties; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss WiddecombeIncome support levels will be reviewed in the usual way in the course of the 1992 uprating exercise, however enhanced limits are already available to these people.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the representations he has received on the adequacy of income support rates for residential care and nursing homes in the home counties since April 1990.
§ Miss WiddecombeSeveral representations, not necessarily specific to the home counties, have been received since April 1990 on the issue of income support for residents of such homes.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to introduce an enhanced rate of income support for residential care and nursing homes in the home counties.
§ Miss WiddecombeThere is already an addition for the Greater London area of £23, for people in residential care homes. The addition for people in nursing homes, was increased by £10 to £33 in April. However, the information currently available does not provide a sufficiently secure base for detailed geographical or local variation between different categories of care or homes beyond these present additions for the Greater London area.