§ Ms DrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the yearly cost to the NHS in(a) England and (b) Great Britain of meeting the nursing costs of long-term care. [25914]
§ Mr. MilburnWe have made no separate assessment centrally of the nursing costs of long term care in England. My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland will reply on behalf of their respective parts of Great Britain. As part of our evidence to the Royal Commission we have identified this issue for their consideration on the funding of long term care.