§ Lord Lipseyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many people have used Section 55 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001, under which a local authority may take a charge on a person's home rather than a contribution towards the cost of residential accommodation. [HL1101]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner)The Department of Health does not hold records of the number of people who have used the deferred payments scheme. We expect this information to be held by individual local authorities.