HC Deb 16 February 1998 vol 306 cc496-7W
Mr. David Stewart

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the treatment of war disablement pension made by each local authority in calculating residential care assessments. [29284]

Mr. Boateng

There are national rules for the treatment of income to assess charges for residential care— the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992—which provide that a person must be allowed to retain £10 of their War Disablement Pension, and the remainder is taken into account in the assessment of charges.