§ Mr. David YoungTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will make a statement on the position of the spouse of an elderly person contributing to nursing home care whose sole asset is part ownership with the spouse of the marital home in respect of continued residence in that home;
(2) if she will make it her policy that in no case the spouse of an elderly person contributing to nursing home care whose sole asset is part ownership of the marital home will have to leave that home against his or her wish.
§ Mr. BowisWhen assessing a resident's ability to contribute towards the costs of nursing home care, the legislation already requires local authorities to ignore the value of property when the spouse continues to live there.
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 England 2,517 2,483 2,475 2,525 2,606 Northern and Yorkshire 351 353 333 346 388 Trent 272 262 255 250 265 Anglia and Oxford 170 192 198 184 183 North Thames 398 392 370 401 369 South Thames 323 314 340 335 355 South and West 304 312 336 315 320 West Midlands 251 259 244 263 260 North West 386 352 347 380 405 Special Health Authorities 56 48 52 53 60 Source:
KH03 returns.