§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average time taken to(a) review and (b) determine appeals by people who believed that they had been wrongly charged for continuing care (i) was before 31 March and (ii) has been since 31 March. [186371]
§ Dr. LadymanIt is expected that all retrospective review cases will be completed within two months of receipt of all the relevant documentation. I will be making a statement to the House on retrospective continuing care reviews in due course.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of continuing care cases for which a review was pending at the end of March had been completed by 31 July; [186433]
(2) how many (a) families and (b) individuals have received compensation for wrongly-assessed continuing care; how many in each case are awaiting payment; and how much compensation has been paid so far. [186435]
§ Dr. LadymanIn due course, I will make a statement to the House on the number of completed retrospective continuing care reviews and how many people have been granted recompense.