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Quality of service: war pensions; mobility allowance; attendance allowance; invalid care allowance; minutes of evidence Monday 7 December 1992
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Catch 22
- Author:
- PHILPOT Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 37, Summer 2002, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Disabled people may be deterred from seeking work because of the charge for services which local authorities can make against them if they find a job. Reflects on the findings of a working group set up to examine how this complex situation might be disentangled.
Shared doubts
- Author:
- NOBLE Laura
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.10.97, 1997, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the role of the private sector in the disability benefit system reforms.
Gone with the wind
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.6.97, 1997, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how disabled service users are finding themselves sidelined by society, partly because of the bad press given to people dependent on benefits under the previous government. Investigates how they can also be marginalised by the services supposedly designed to help them.
Disabled people and social justice
- Author:
- MASSIE Bert
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 34p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Paper examining the institutional and personal discrimination faced by disabled people and proposes solutions. Also considers the financial hardships which many disabled people experience and the way in which social services are often provided in a manner which deprives the disabled recipients of control and dignity. Suggests how provision could be improved within current resources.
Cashing in on independence: comparing the costs and benefits of cash and services
- Authors:
- ZARB Gerry, NADASH Pamela
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 215p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belper
Report focusing on the costs and benefits of services controlled directly by disabled service users.
Charging for residential accommodation guide (CRAG): amended April 2009
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 116p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This guidance is issued under Section 7(1) of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 which requires local authorities to exercise Social Services functions under guidance of the Secretary of State. The powers exercisable by Ministers under the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (and also the National Assistance Act 1948) have been transferred to the National Assembly.
Charging for residential accommodation guide (CRAG): amendment 24
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 120p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This guidance is issued under Section 7(1) of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 which requires local authorities to exercise Social Services functions under guidance of the Secretary of State. The powers exercisable by Ministers under the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (and also the National Assistance Act 1948) have been transferred to the National Assembly.
Charging for residential accommodation guide (CRAG): in support of the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2977): December 2005
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 101p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document gives guidance to Local Authorities on Charging for Residential Accommodation (CRAG). It takes account of changes announced in LAC(2005)7 and is issued under Section 7(1) of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 which requires local authorities to exercise Social Services functions under guidance of Secretary of State. CRAG has been updated to take account of changes announced in LAC(2005)7.
Charges for residential accommodation: CRAG amendment no. 20: National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2005: National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2005
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Announces the revised Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA) of £19.10 that comes into force on 11 April 2005. It applies to everyone in care homes, including homes with nursing on the premises, receiving help from local authorities with social services responsibilities to meet the cost of accommodation under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948. It reminds authorities of the purpose of the PEA.