§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the variations in local authorities' baseline fee rates for residential and nursing care in England. [110699]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Social Services White Paper, "Modernising Social Services", made clear that contract prices should be determined having regard to providers' costs and planned outcomes for users. The costs of providers of residential care and nursing home care vary across the country.
§ Mr. BurnettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of nursing home patients means-tested by social services were granted fully-funded NHS nursing care(a) between 1980 and the judgment of the Court of Appeal in the Coughlan case and (b) from the Coughlan judgment to date. [114739]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation is not available in the format requested. Information on people newly meeting eligibility criteria for continuing National Health Service in-patient care is collected on a quarterly basis. Between 1 April 1995 and 30 June 1999, 125,429 people newly met eligibility criteria for continuing NHS in-patient care. From 1 July 1999 to 31 December 1999 12,076 people newly met eligibility criteria for continuing in-patient care funded by the NHS. Changes in the way the data have been collected since April 1995 may mean that the figures are not comparable.
§ Mr. BurnettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding arrangements exist in other European Union countries for individuals whose needs are primarily for nursing rather than social care; and if he will make a statement. [114738]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation is not available in the format requested. Information on international provision of nursing home care in other European Union countries is contained in Chapter 6 of Research Volume 1 which accompanied the report of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care "With Respect to Old Age", copies of which are available in the Library.
§ Mr. BlizzardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by local authority(a) the average cost per resident per week of providing accommodation in council non-residential care homes and (b) the rate paid per resident per week for accommodation in privately run residential care homes. [115117]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on reported gross expenditure per week of residential placements by local councils for older people on a per capita basis in 1997–98 is contained in the Department's Key Indicator Graphical System, copies of which are available in the Library.