§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the President of the Council, pursuant to her oral answer of 11 May 2000,Official Report, column 1015, on the Audit Commission report "Charging with Care", what the basis was of her statement concerning the Commission's findings about Liberal Democrat councils. [138015]
§ Mrs. Beckett[pursuant to the reply, 20 November 2000, c. 70W]: Responsibility for home care charges rests with the Department of Health.
However, information provided for the Business Statement showed that the percentage of costs recovered through home care charges1 for three Liberal Democrat councils was higher than the England average of 12 per cent.
1Source: Department of Health
Percentage Council Recovery rate notified to DH Devon 28 Somerset 39 Oldham 39