Constitutional Affairs written question – answered at on 10 May 2004.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs for what (a) initiatives, (b) campaigns and (c) advisory bodies relating to older people his Department and its predecessor (i) is responsible and (ii) has provided funding since 2001; and what the cost in each year was for each one.
For the last two years, my Department has been a member of the Employers Forum on Age and paid a subscription of £2,115 in 2002 and again in 2003.
My Department is also responsible for policy on mental incapacity, which affects a significant number of older people, and plans to introduce legislation better to protect those affected by incapacity.
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Details of other relevant initiatives are provided in the table below:
Name of Initiative | Funding 2001 | Funding 2002 | Funding 2003 |
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Establishment of a mental Incapacity Consultative Forum involving a wide range of stakeholders including organisations representing older people. | — | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Review and improvement of the procedures for creating Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) to better enable people to plan for the future by delegating decision making about financial affairs to relatives, friends or professionals in the event of loss of mental capacity. | — | No funding involved as the professionals involved in the working group did so on a voluntary basis. | No funding involved as the professionals involved in the working group did so on a voluntary basis. |
Research project—The role of the Public Guardianship Office in safeguarding vulnerable adults against financial abuse (Funded by the Public Guardianship Office) | — | — | 60,000 |
Publication of the Draft Mental Incapacity Bill | — | — | Ongoing |
Making Decisions Booklet—Planning for future incapacity | — | — | 10,000 approx. |
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