HC Deb 13 November 1989 vol 160 cc49-50W
Mr. Andrew Bowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what evidence he has received from(a) Age Concern England, (b) the National Care Homes Association, (c) the Elderly Accommodation Counsel and (d) the Association of Charity Officers, on the cost of private and voluntary residential care for elderly people; and if he will publish that evidence;

(2) what evidence he has received from (a) the Abbeyfield Society, (b) the BEN Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund, (c) the National Federation of Housing Associations, (d) the Independent Hospitals Association, (e) the Royal United Beneficent Association, (f) Methodist Homes for the Aged and (g) Counsel and Care for the Ederly, of the cost of private and voluntary residential care for elderly people; and if he will publish that evidence;

(3) what evidence he has received from (a) the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, (b) the Occupational Benevolent Funds Alliance, (c) Brendoncare, (d) East Wansdyke Advice Network, (e) Oxfordshire Welfare Rights and (f) London Homes for the Elderly, of the cost of private and voluntary residential care for elderly people; and if he will publish that evidence.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

We receive a considerable number of views and representations from a variety of interested organisations and individuals who are entitled to have their communications treated as confidential. For this reason, it is not our practice to publish material sent to us, though the organisations and individuals concerned are free to do so if they wish.