§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many home carers there are in(a) Great Britain and (b) Scotland. [121326]
§ Mr. HuttonThe latest available information on informal carers shows that in 1995 the estimated number of informal carers in(a) Great Britain was 5.7 million and (b) Scotland was 741,000.
Source:
1995 General Household Survey.