To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give details of the advice issued by his Department to destrict councils on the awarding of grants under the procedure introdure by the Local Government and Housing Act for the processing of applications for the county council to fit stairlifts.

We are considering the final form of our advice to local housing authorities on stairlifts in the light of reponses from organisations consulted on the draft circular, "House Adaptations for Disabled People". We shall issue this before the new disabled facilities grant arrangements come into operation on 1 July.