Support For The Profoundly Disabled

EDM number 2475 in 2007-08, proposed by David Drew on 11/11/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House notes that profoundly disabled people over the age of 25 years who live with and are looked after by a relative are classed as persons disregarded for the purposes of discount within Schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and therefore are not required to pay a contribution to council tax; further notes that if the relative is on housing benefit the disabled person is required to pay a non-dependant contribution to housing benefit; believes that profoundly disabled people should not have to pay either council tax or a contribution to housing benefit; and calls on the Government to address this anomaly.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.