§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what will be the payment made to voluntary and private sector residential and nursing homes for the aged made in respect of individual residents each week from 1 April;
(2) what account she takes of the capital costs incurred by private and voluntary sector residential care and nursing homes in calculating the payments for the care of residents in those homes.
§ Mr. YeoThe price paid by local authorities for places in residential care and nursing homes is a matter for negotiation between the homes and authorities locally.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what will be the payment to local authority homes for the aged made in respect of individual residents each week from 1 April;
(2) what account she takes of the capital costs incurred in construction of local authorities' residential care homes in calculating the payments for the care of residents in those homes; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. YeoEach local social services authority sets a standard rate for the provision of residential care in its own homes which it is required to seek to recover from each resident, subject to their ability to pay. The standard rate takes into account local factors, including capital expenditure, and is based upon a formula produced by the local authority associations. From 1 April 1993 local authorities will be required, by section 22(2) of the National Assistance Act 1948, to set the standard rate at an amount which represents the full cost to the authority 703W of providing the accommodation. In addition to income from charges, resources for local social services authorities for these purposes are available through the revenue support grant, the business rate and the council tax, when introduced.