§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by name and address the nursing and residential homes in the Easington constituency and the cost per patient per home borne by the Department of Social Security.
§ Mr. FreemanInformation about nursing homes and residential are homes is not collected centrally in this form. Details of nursing homes and residential care homes registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984 are kept by district health authorities and local social services authorities respectively. Benefit levels and the payments made to individual residents are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Security.