§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the latest data on the number of households receiving more than 10 contact hours of intensive home care and over five visits during a survey week per thousand head of population aged 65 and over. [5852]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 20 July 2001]: I apologise to my hon. Friend for the delay in responding to this question. I refer him to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) on 5 March 2002, Official Report, column 192W.
In the autumn of 2000 survey week (the latest date for which data are available), 9.2 households per 1,000 population aged 65 or over in England were receiving intensive home care (more than ten contact hours and over five visits).