§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received concerning the shortage of nursing and residential care home places in York and North Yorkshire. [95203]
§ Jacqui SmithI have had a number of representations regarding the situation in York and North Yorkshire.
York has been given a Building Care Capacity Grant of £658,000 for 2002–03 while North Yorkshire has been given £754,000. The councils have largely spent this on stabilising the local care home market.