§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 20 May to the hon. Member for West Suffolk (Mr. Spring),Official Report, column 58, if he intends to establish a royal commission to look into the funding of long-term care for the elderly; and if he will make a statement. [10836]
§ Mr. BoatengI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for West Suffolk on 20 May 1997,Official Report, column 58. 80W (i) less than six months, (ii) between six months and a year, (iii) between one and two years, (iv) between two and three years and (v) three years and more. [10415]
§ Mr. BoatengInformation on length of stay is not routinely collected. The latest available information on length of stay relates to residents in residential care homes for the elderly and younger physically disabled as at 31 March 1988. The number and percentage of residents recorded in each of the requested durations are given in table 1.
The number of residents in residential and nursing care homes in England as at 31 March 1996 and the number of admissions to residential homes during the year ending 31 March 1996, whether by short stay or by long stay, are given in table 2. Information on admissions to nursing homes is not collected centrally.