HC Deb 26 March 2002 vol 382 cc907-8W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the average level of nursing home charges. [43733]

Jacqui Smith

The level of nursing home fees will vary from area to area and will reflect local market conditions. According to Laing & Buisson, consultants in health and community care, the average weekly nursing home fee in private homes for older people in the United Kingdom in March 2001 was £393 per week.