§ Mr. NorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he intends to commission the study into the costs of residential care and nursing homes outlined in the Government's response to the second report of the House of Commons Social Services Committee of Session 1989–90 (HC 257) on "Community Care: The Future Funding of Private and Voluntary Residential Care".
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardWe have commissioned the management consultants Price Waterhouse to undertake a rapid investigation into the costs of running residential care and nursing homes across the country.