§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services, for each of the last five years, what was the amount paid for residential care through regulation 9 payments, and what has been the percentage change since 1979.
§ Mr. PortilloThe information held centrally is not in the form requested. The table sets out the position since 1979. 1986 is the most recent year for which information is available.
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Supplementary Benefit for people in residential care and nursing homes Total expenditure1 Year Expenditure £ million 1979 10 1980 18 1981 23 1982 39
Year Expenditure £ million 1983 104 1984 200 19852 19863 Residential Care Homes 330 459 Nursing Homes 129 1 Source. DHSS annual statistical inquiry. 2 There are no figures for 1985 because for operational reasons there was no inquiry in that year. 3 Until 1986 it has not been possible to identify separately expenditure on people in residential care homes and nursing homes. Note.—The percentage change in expenditure since 1979 is 4580 per cent.