HC Deb 06 June 1995 vol 261 c115W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in Great Britain aged over 64 years living in(a) private residential homes, (b) private nursing homes, (c) local authority residential homes and (d) national health service nursing homes have a spouse living elsewhere. [25977]

Mr. Roger Evans

The information is not available.

Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in England aged over 64 years live in(a) private residential homes, (b) private nursing homes, (c) local authority residential homes and (d) NHS nursing homes; and, of these, how many have the cost of their care paid wholly or partly by (i) their local authority, (ii) their health authority and (iii) the Department of Social Security; and how many pay for their care wholly from private resources. [25978]

Mr. Roger Evans

Information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is set out in the table.

Number of Income Support Cases in England where the recipient is aged over 64 in May 1994
Residential Care 76,000
Nursing Homes 71,000
LA Residential Accommodation 6,000
Including Residential Allowance 42,000
Total Cases 194,000

Source: Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry: May 1994.

Notes:

All figures rounded to nearest thousand.

Residential care and nursing homes may be either private or voluntary homes.

Cases under the community care scheme cannot be split between residential care and nursing homes.