A Bill to make provision for residents in sheltered accommodation to challenge certain local authority budget decisions which affect them; to ensure that funding provided by central government to local authorities for sheltered accommodation warden services is not allocated to other services; and for connected purposes.
The Bill would make provision for residents in sheltered accommodation to challenge certain local authority budget decisions that affect them. It also seeks to ensure that funding provided by central government to local authorities for warden services for sheltered accommodation is not allocated to other services.
House of Commons
13 April 2010
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The Sheltered Accommodation (Residents) Bill would give residents living in sheltered housing the right to challenge local council budget decisions that affect their services. It also requires that central government funding for warden services in sheltered accommodation is used for that purpose and not diverted to other council services. The aim is to protect residents’ access to support and ensure wardens can be funded as intended.
Currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons; no further stages are recorded in the provided information.
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6 Jan 2010
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 6 January 2010 This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2009-10 session of parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
