§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the financial implications of the transfer of local authority residential care homes to housing associations, voluntary and private organisations necessitating increased income support payments to some of the residents concerned.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardInformation about expected numbers of income support claimants and expenditure for future years including the cost of such transfers is published in the Public Expenditure White Paper (Cm 1014). It has never been the practice to publish separate forecasts about expenditure specifically on people in residential care and nursing homes.