§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much from public funds is spent annually on subsidising disabled persons in order that they may continue to live at home; and whether he will consider increasing this amount in order to reduce the numbers of such persons in residential institutions.
§ Mr. AlisonThe cost to local authorities of providing domiciliary services in the absence of which the recipients would have to be accommodated in residential establishments—to which I assume my hon. Friend is referring—cannot be separately identified within the total cost of providing these services to all clients.