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Care Homes

Volume 225: debated on Thursday 27 May 1993

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what weekly personal allowance single persons in residential care and nursing homes in Northern Ireland have a statutory right; and what checks have been made to establish whether this payment is made by proprietors;(2) in what circumstances it is permissible for the proprietors of residential care and nursing homes in Northern Ireland to withhold payment in full of personal allowance to residents.

For people in independent residential care and nursing homes with preserved rights, income support

Name of complaintDate of complaintRemedial action
Disclosure of personal dataMarch 1992None necessary. Investigation revealed no breach in principles
Subject access request not answered within 40 days23 July 1992Centralised subject access address now used to ensure future compliance