HC Deb 19 March 1996 vol 274 c182W
Ms Lynne

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the extent to which hospitals are accumulating funds from the mobility component of the disability living allowance being received by patients. [16283]

Mr. Andrew Mitchell

Departmental officials had discussions with a number of NHS trusts throughout Great Britain last summer. These suggest that this was a considerable problem in the past but is now rare.