§ 14. Sir Robert McCrindleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the level of spending on benefits for people in residential care and nursing homes in 1978–79 and in 1990; and what is the real terms increase.
§ 21. Mr. ConwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the level of spending on benefits for people in residential care and nursing homes in 1978–79 and in 1990; and what is the real term increase.
§ Miss WiddecombeIn 1978–79, supplementary benefit payments amounting to some £10 million were made to people in residential care and nursing homes. In 1990, the corresponding figure in income support was some £1.2 billion, a real term increase in expenditure of 287 per cent. per head.