§ Mr. McCrindleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the total amount paid by his Department to support those in private homes for the elderly; and if he will make a statement.
674Wavailable of the numbers of people receiving (a) attendance allowance, (b) invalid care allowance, (c) mobility allowance, (f) industrial disablement pension, (g) war disablement pension or (h) retirement pension in the Doncaster and Mexborough areas of South Yorkshire.
The table gives the information available on the dates shown for the Department's local offices at Doncaster, East, Doncaster, West, Mexborough and Wath-on-Dearne which serve the Don Valley constituency, although their boundaries are not conterminous.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI regret that the information is not available in the form requested. However, relevant information in respect of independent—that is private and voluntary—homes was provided in my reply to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, Central (Mr. Cousins) on 21 December 1988 at columns304–06.