Clause 3 - Entitlement: special cases
Age-Related Payments Bill
10:00 am
Mr Malcolm Wicks (Minister for pensions, Department for Work and Pensions; Croydon North, Labour)
A person living in a care home for the specified period who is in receipt of pension credit at any time in the relevant week will not be entitled to the payment because their care and accommodation needs are being met through public funds. All their daily requirements, apart from a few items covered by their personal expenses allowance, are provided by the care home, which is paid for by public funds. That is another method of looking after that group of frail people. A provision which, broadly speaking, is about council tax will not apply. However, a wife or husband left behind when those people go into the care home will be eligible for the £100.