§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 22 November 2000, Official Report, column 209W, concerning nursing care, if he will 893W make available in the Library the methodology and data used to calculate the differences in the average costs of residential and nursing care. [140488]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 28 November 2000]: The "Care of Elderly People, Market Survey 2000", published by Laing and Buisson (available in the Library), found that in March 2000 the average difference in fees for elderly people in private nursing homes and private residential homes was just over £100 a week. This formed the basis of the estimation of the costs of nursing care.