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HEALTH

Government's Response to the Health Committee's Report on elder abuse

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Dr. Stephen Ladyman): The Government's response to the Health Committee's Second Report of Session 2003–04 on elder abuse, Cm 6270, has been published today. Copies have been placed in the Library.

National Health Service Continuing Care

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Dr. Stephen Ladyman): I regret that the information I provided in my written statement of 22 June contained an error in line 23 of the table, the entry for the South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority. Where it read 138 cases eligible for recompense, it should have said 69; and where it read 232 investigations completed, it should have said 163. The correct data is in the table.
SHA NameNo. of caseseligible forrecompenseInvestigationscompletedInvestigationsunderway
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA0281370
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA34102110
Essex SHA1014626
North West London SHA10181191
North Central London SHA86461
North East London SHA016911
South East London SHA6018390
South West London SHA6219421
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA27126172
County Durham and Tees Valley SHA1048178
North and East Yorkshire and North Lincs SHA2926693
West Yorkshire SHA25130219
Cumbria and Lancashire SHA15154186
Greater Manchester SHA5102240
Cheshire and Merseyside SHA107774422
Thames Valley SHA4181202
Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA30386121
Kent and Medway SHA2418644
Surrey and Sussex SHA515860
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA43612349
South West Peninsula SHA25433120
Dorset and Somerset SHA14448467
South Yorkshire SHA6916378
Trent SHA023679
Leicester, Northants and Rutland SHA2920222
Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA3841219
Birmingham and The Black Country SHA1021373
West Midlands South SHA8237187
Total—England7706,7135,011

 
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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002

The Minister for Housing and Planning (Keith Hill): My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister will publish for public consultation on 25 June, a paper on accounting for leaseholders monies.
 
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Service charge payers are entitled to be confident that the money they pay towards the upkeep of their building is held properly, and is used for the purposes it is provided for. This is an area which requires strengthening, and the accounting provisions in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (the Act) provide for this.

The consultation paper invites comments on the provisions in the Act that make changes to the way in which service charge monies are held, and the information that is provided to service charge payers.

It sets out the proposals for regulations to be made by the Secretary of State. These regulations will set out the detailed requirements that landlords will have to comply with where the holding of service charge money and the provision of information relating to service charges are concerned.

Copies of the paper are being sent to a wide range of interested parties including local authorities, housing associations, financial institutions and others with an interest in this issue. The closing date for responses is 24 September.

Copies of the paper will be made available in the Libraries of the House, and will be available on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's website at http://www.odpm.gov.uk/ tomorrow.