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5.—(1) The purposes prescribed under section 131(1) of the 2012 Act (purposes for which the Secretary of State or a person providing services to the Secretary of State may supply relevant information to a qualifying person) are—
(a)determining a person’s eligibility or continued eligibility for a disabled person’s badge;
(b)determining whether to make to any person any grant or payment listed in paragraph (2) and if so the amount of any such grant or payment;
(c)determining whether a person applying for or receiving a welfare service listed in paragraph (3) is liable to contribute towards the cost of that service and if so the amount of that contribution; and
(d)where the qualifying person is a local authority in England, identifying households eligible for support under the troubled families programme and providing appropriate types of advice, support and assistance to members of such households under that programme.
(2) The grants and payments referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are—
(a)a disability adaptation grant;
(b)a disabled facilities grant;
(c)a discretionary housing payment.
(3) The welfare services referred to in paragraph (1)(c) are—
(a)housing support services;
(b)the provision of domiciliary care;
(c)the provision of residential care.
(4) In this regulation—
(a)“disability adaptation grant” means a grant paid under Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006(1) to assist with the adaptation of a house for a disabled person to make it suitable for the accommodation, welfare or employment of that person;
(b)“disabled facilities grant” means a grant paid under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996(2);
(c)“discretionary housing payment” means a payment made pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001(3);
(d)“domiciliary care” means care or assistance of any description provided to an adult person by reason of their age, health or any disability, whether provided continuously or not and whether or not provided at a place where they live, but excludes care or assistance provided to a person in residential care.
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