§ Mr. EasthamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to increase financial provision for residential care to cover fully the cost of such care.
§ Mrs. Gillian Shephard[holding answer 29 January 1990]: I have been asked to reply.
No. It has never been the policy of the Government to undertake to meet all fees, however high, charged by independent residential care homes.
§ Mr. EasthamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received about the actual costs of residential care and the sums provided to cover such care.
§ Mrs. Gillian Shephard[holding answer 29 January 1990]: I have been asked to reply.
We receive a considerable number of representations from a variety of interested organisations and individuals.