§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many women and men in(a) residential care homes and (b) nursing care homes, aged 65 years and over, who are receiving preserved rights to income support had weekly charges above the income support limit. [6222]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information is set out in the table:
Income support recipients aged 65 and over in residential care/nursing homes: cases with charges above the income support limits Residential Care Nursing Homes Male 7,000 7,000 Female 26,000 30,000 All claimants 33,000 36,000 Notes:
1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand. Due to rounding totals may not sum.
2. Sample size 5 per cent.
Source:
Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry November 1995.