§ 52. Ms. Clare Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the percentage increase in total Department of Health and Social Security payments to elderly people in private residential care between 1978 and 1985, or the latest figures available.
§ Mr. NewtonThe latest available information relates to elderly people in private and voluntary residential care and nursing homes and shows an increase of nearly 3,000 per cent. between total expenditure in 1978 and total estimated expenditure in 1984.