HC Deb 19 December 2002 vol 396 c1040W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost per week is of(a) keeping a person in hospital and (b) keeping a person in a nursing home. [84807]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 3 December 2002]: The average cost per week in 2000–01 of keeping a person in hospital is calculated as £1,000 and of keeping that person in a nursing home is calculated as £384.