HC Deb 31 July 1998 vol 317 c796W
Mr. O'Hara

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the number of people in the United Kingdom who will be caring for parents and children or parents and grandchildren in 2015 by gender, age and employment status of carer; and if he will make a statement. [54161]

Mr. Boateng

As part of my work on the National Carers Strategy, I shall be considering whether, and if so on what basis, to make projections of future numbers of informal carers.