Carers

Lord Strathclyde Excerpts
Wednesday 16th June 2010

(14 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, if my noble friend asks a very quick question, we can get on with it.

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My Lords, is my noble friend aware that the cost of providing day care alone for a severely disabled person is something like £40,000 a year? Is he further aware that, while a woman who has chosen to have a child can set the costs of care against tax to get back to work, the spouse of a disabled person cannot do so?