§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the current minimum and maximum difference in(a) Inverclyde and (b) Strathclyde between charges levied by private residential homes and the maximum weekly payment made by his Department; and how many elderly people have been removed from residential homes in Inverclyde and Strathclyde in each of the last three years.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe 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 and the numbers of people removed from homes is not collected centrally.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the maximum weekly payment made by his local offices in(a) Inverclyde and (b) Strathclyde to support elderly people in private residential and private nursing homes.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe maximum weekly payments from income support towards fees in residential care homes and nursing homes respectively are:
£ £ For the elderly 140 190 For the very dependent elderly 155 — For the terminally ill — 230