Care Homes (Hansard, 6 February 1991)

§ Mr. Conway
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of financial difficulties facing private nursing homes for the elderly.

§ Miss Widdecombe
We have taken account of representations of interested organisations and also the survey of costs conducted on behalf of the Department by

Scotland

Greenock Port Glasgow Strathclylde

Year Number of Payments Amount Real value Number of Payments Amount Real value Number of Payments Amount Real value Number of Payments Amount Real value

(000s) (£000s) (£000s) (000s) (£000s) (£000s) (000s) (£000s) (£000s) (000s) (£000s) (£000s)

1979–80 No scheme

1980–81 No figures available

1981–82 — — — — — — — — — — — —

1982–83 — — — — — — — — — — — —

1983–84 — — — — — — — — — — — —

1984–85 — — — — — — — — — — — —

1985–86 1.9 49.9 67.1 1.1 25.7 34.5 53.3 1,198.3 1,610.8 84.2 1,928.0 2,591.7

1986.87 7.9 39.5 51.3 10.2 50.8 66.1 216.4 1,082.1 1,406.6 291.2 1,455.9 1,892.4

1987.88 2.3 11.3 13.9 1.2 6.1 7.5 47.9 241.2 297.3 84.7 426.6 525.9

1988–89 — — — — — — — — — 0.5 2.5 2.8

1989–90 1.8 17.8 20.5 0.9 9.0 10.3 47.0 438.9 504.2 48.2 444.7 510.9

1990–91 Figures not yet available

§ Dr. Godman
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the temperatures used to trigger severe weather payments recorded in each of the weather stations used for Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock for each day during the last two weeks of 1990 and those weeks in January 1991, for which figures are available.

§ Mr. Scott
A weather station will trigger if there has been a period of seven consecutive days, during which the average mean daily temperature is 0 deg. Centigrade or less. Glasgow airport weather station, which is the weather station relevant to Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock, did not trigger on any day during the last two weeks of 1990. The only time to date that the weather has been severe enough to trigger cold weather payments in Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock was on Wednesday 16 January when the seven day running mean temperature was recorded as — 0.2 deg. Centigrade.
Full details of average mean daily temperatures recorded at all the weather stations can be found in the Library.

Scotland
	Greenock	Port Glasgow	Strathclylde
Year	Number of Payments	Amount	Real value	Number of Payments	Amount	Real value	Number of Payments	Amount	Real value	Number of Payments	Amount	Real value
	(000s)	(£000s)	(£000s)	(000s)	(£000s)	(£000s)	(000s)	(£000s)	(£000s)	(000s)	(£000s)	(£000s)
1979–80 No scheme
1980–81 No figures available
1981–82	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	1.9	49.9	67.1	1.1	25.7	34.5	53.3	1,198.3	1,610.8	84.2	1,928.0	2,591.7
1986.87	7.9	39.5	51.3	10.2	50.8	66.1	216.4	1,082.1	1,406.6	291.2	1,455.9	1,892.4
1987.88	2.3	11.3	13.9	1.2	6.1	7.5	47.9	241.2	297.3	84.7	426.6	525.9
1988–89	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	2.5	2.8
1989–90	1.8	17.8	20.5	0.9	9.0	10.3	47.0	438.9	504.2	48.2	444.7	510.9
1990–91	Figures not yet available