§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table using regional132W classification to show expenditure in 1988–89 on supplementary benefit payments for occupants of (a) private residential homes and (b) hostels.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe table shows the estimated expenditure on payments of income support to people in private and voluntary residential care homes. I regret that reliable figures for hostel cases are not available.
Social security region Annual equivalent expenditure (nearest £ million) North Eastern 64 London North 78 London South 125 Wales/South West 99 Midlands 73 North Western 76 Scotland 39 Great Britain 555 Source: August 1988 Quarterly Statistical Enquiry.