§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 4 April 2001,Official Report, column 204W, on home visits, if he will provide information on a comparable basis on the numbers of home visits in each of the last five years. [157584]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 9 April 2001]: Information is available from April 1996. The number of visits made is as follows:
Year Number of visits 1996–97 785,126 1997–98 483,692 1998–99 475,550 1999–2000 1,976,296