§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state for the latest available date the total payments in supplementary benefit to residents in private residential care; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PortilloInformation is not available centrally in the form requested. However, I am able to provide figures for the combined supplementary benefit payments to claimants in private and voluntary residential care and
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Period Ending County 4 June 1985 3 June 1986 2 June 1987 £ £ £ Cleveland Eston 69,360 93,495 34,606 Harlepool 145,063 99,366 43,488 Middlesborough 236,973 299,987 85,925 Redcar 52,397 77,485 37,671 Stockton 184,447 161,471 68,799 Durham Bishop Auckland 86,991 96,718 46,178 Chester-le-Street 30,201 66,124 22,559 Darlington 68,080 114,289 56,149 Durham 22,854 25,277 16,014 Peterlee 36,613 32,049 21,801 Seaham 14,143 21,879 8,981 Stanley 63,216 85,635 30,563 Northumberland Ashington 30,792 30,082 25,631 nursing homes. In November 1987 total expenditure on all such claimants was £772 million, based on average payments of £114.1 per week.