§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the current minimum and maximum difference in Nottingham between charges levied by private residential homes in Nottingham and the maximum weekly payment made by his Department; and how many elderly people have been evicted from residential homes in Nottingham in the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe level of charges in a residential care home is a matter between the residents and the owners of the home. Information on the fees charged by individual homes or on evictions is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the maximum weekly payment made by his Department in Nottingham to support elderly people in private residential and private nursing homes.
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§ Mr. Peter LloydThe maximum weekly payments towards fees in residential care and nursing homes from income support are:
Residential care homes Nursing homes £ £ Elderly 140 190 Elderly and blind or elderly and entitled to the higher rate of attendance allowance 155 — Physically disabled and the disability began under pension age 200 235 Suffering from a terminal illness — 235