HC Deb 31 January 1994 vol 236 c551W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many persons in each health board area, admitted to private residential or nursing homes since 1 April 1993(a) are paying the full cost and (b) have had charges recovered from their estate following their death;

(2) if he will conduct a survey of how many residents of private residential or nursing homes have sold their homes to meet the charges for their residential care.

Mr. Stewart

Information relating to numbers of people paying the full cost of accommodation in residential care and nursing homes is not held centrally, nor is information about the numbers of residents who have had charges recovered from their estate following their death.

Information concerning the number of people who have sold their homes to meet the charges for their residential care is not held centrally, nor do I intend to conduct a survey on this.