HC Deb 26 May 1999 vol 332 c159W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of(a) those people who have been in long-term care or nursing homes for four years or more and (b) all people in long-term care or nursing homes continue to pay part or all of their fees;[85226]

(2) if he will estimate the average cost of four years' care in a nursing home. [85228]

Mr. Hutton

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave him on 24 May 1999,Official Report, column 20.