§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will state for each year since 1979 the total amount paid in supplementary benefit or income support towards(a) private residential care home fees, (b) private nursing home fees and (c) voluntary care home fees including estimated expenditure for the current financial year; and if he will express each element as a percentage of total expenditure for each year.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe available information is shown in the table:
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Year Residential care homes Nursing homes £ million Annual equivalent expenditure £ million December 1984 — — 200 December 1985 — — 348 February 1986 — — 459 May 1987 — — 671 May 1988 — — 878 May 1989 659 (60 per cent.) 446 (40 per cent.) 1,105 May 1990 741 (58 per cent.) 529 (42 per cent.) 1,270 May 1991 888 (47 per cent.) 984 (53 per cent.) 1,872 11991–92 930 (48 per cent.) 1,020 (52 per cent.) 1,950 1 Figures for 1991–92 are the estimated outturn of total income support expenditure on homes for the year. Notes:
1. Figures for December 1979 to December 1984 are taken from the annual statistical inquiry; figures for December 1985 to May 1991 are taken from the quarterly statistical inquiry and are based on "snapshot" data.
2. Separate data are not readily available for residential care homes and nursing homes before May 1989 and to obtain it would involve disproportionate cost.
3. Separate data are not collected for voluntary homes.