§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost of a resident in(a) private nursing homes, (b) private residential homes and (c) local authority residential homes; and what estimate he has made of the total number of residents in (a) to (c) and the current annual costs to public funds arising from funding relating to (a) to (c). [11487]
§ Mr. BurnsInformation is collected centrally on the overall numbers of residents of all types of care homes but not on the overall costs or costs per place in independent sector homes, nor on the costs to public funds overall of residents. The latest centrally available information is given in the table, including figures for gross current expenditure per week by local authorities on residential and nursing care for older people per supported resident.
independent contractor who was paid the highest gross fee earnings by the Dental Practice Board in the relevant year.