HC Deb 20 April 2000 vol 348 c625W
Mr. Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest estimate of the cost of full implementation of the report of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care in(a) Scotland and (b) the UK. [119858]

Mr. Hutton

I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 2 December 1999,Official Report, columns 444-45. The pro rata costs for Scotland are normally estimated to be 10 per cent. of the United Kingdom total.