§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 13 February 1998,Official Report, column 432, if he will introduce measures to require social services to backdate financial assistance for elderly people living in residential or nursing homes who did not claim assistance immediately their savings fell below £16,000 because they were unaware that assistance was available. [31873]
§ Mr. BoatengWe have no plans to introduce backdating provisions for financial assistance for elderly people in residential care or nursing homes to cover a period before they were assessed by the social services department as requiring such care.