§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the sum to be transferred to Scottish local authorities in repect of his Department's care expenditure in the years 1991–92 to 2001–2.
§ Mr. ScottThe Government will transfer to local authorities the resources which we would have otherwise provided to finance care through social security payments to people in residential and nursing homes. Final decisions will be taken in next year's public expenditure survey following discussions with the local authority associations. Chapter 8 of the recently published White Paper on community care (Cm. 849), a copy of which is in the Library, gives details of the factors that will be taken into account in the calculation of the sums to be transferred.
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will provide a breakdown of board and lodging expenditure for residential care accommodation for Scotland, England and Wales by Department of Social Security region in the years from 1982;
(2) if he will provide a breakdown of board and lodging expenditure for residential care accommodation in Scotland by Department of Social Security local offices during the last financial year;
(3) if he will provide figures for board and lodging expenditure on nursing homes in Scotland, England and Wales by Department of Social Security region in the years from 1982.