HC Deb 17 January 2001 vol 361 c247W
Mr. Gorrie

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what statistical data he collects on the provision of local authorities of day care for the elderly. [145580]

Mr. Hutton

Annual information is collected from local authorities in England on the number of clients aged 65 or over who, following an assessment of needs, are receiving day care provided by or on behalf of the local authority. Detailed statistics are available in the statistical report "Community Care Statistics 1999–2000—Referrals, Assessments and Packages of care for adults". Data on expenditure by local authorities in England on non-residential services for the elderly are also collected annually and are published in the Statistical Bulletin "Personal Social Services current expenditure in England: 1998–99". Copies of both publications are available in the Library.