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Preventative technology grant 2006/07-2007/08
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This circular sets out the arrangements surrounding the Preventative Technology Grant for 2006-07 and 2007-08. The grant will be paid as a specific formula grant with no conditions attached. It has been allocated using the relative share of older people’s Relative Needs Formulae (RNF)..
Partnerships for older people projects (POPP) grant 2006-08: round 1 POPP pilots
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This circular provides guidance to the nineteen council-led partnerships who are being awarded ring-fenced funding from the Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPP) Grant during the financial years 2006/07 and 2007/08 to undertake a POPP pilot scheme.
National assistance (sums for personal requirements) regulations 1994
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Circular setting out revised personal expenses allowances from 11 April 1994 for people provided with residential accommodation under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948.
Partnerships for older people projects (POPP) grant 2007-08: round 2 POPP pilots
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department of Health's Older People and Disability Division is leading a project 'Partnerships for Older People Projects' (POPP). The strategic aim of the project is to test and evaluate (through pilots to be established during 2006/07 and 2007/08) innovative approaches that sustain prevention work in order to improve outcomes for older people.
Guidance to councils with social services responsibilities on the abolition of preserved rights
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance for councils with responsibilities for preserved rights transfer for making residential accommodation for people who were in the independent sector and nursing homes on 31 March 1993 and have income support entitlements.
Promoting independence: preventative strategies and support for adults
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Circular giving guidance to local authorities on developing an agreed preventative strategy in line with the principles of promoting independence set out in the white paper 'Modernising social services'; and drawing the attention of local authorities to the guidance booklet on preventative strategies for older people 'Promoting independence: preventative strategies and support for older people'.
National standards for residential and nursing homes for the elderly: consultation document
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying consultation document.
The National Assistance Act 1948 (choice of accommodation) (amendment) directions 1993: amendment to the "statutory direction on choice"
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Amends LAC(92)27 issued 23 December 1992.
Charges for residential accommodation: CRAG amendment no. 24: National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3277)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Advises of changes to the Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide (CRAG) to take account of the coming into effect of the Civil Partnerships Act 2004. Advises councils of the need to take account of one-off age related payments of £200 to households with someone aged 65 or over to help with council tax bills, and £50 to households with someone aged 70 or over to help with living expenses, and to disregard such payments from capital when assessing a person’s ability to pay for residential costs. Advises of the need to ensure that financial support for adopters provided pursuant to regulations made under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 continues to be disregarded from capital and income when assessing a person’s ability to pay for residential payments.
Preserved rights grant and residential allowance grant 2005/06
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The purpose of this circular is to inform Chief Executives of the ammount of the Preserved Rights grant and the Residential Allowance grant for 2005/06. The grant was introduced in 2002/2003, to assist local councils in discharging their new responsibilities for meeting the costs of residential care for people with preserved rights. Before the 1st April 1993, people in residential care had received a higher rate of income support in recognition of charges for such accommodation.