§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has commissioned into the(a) short, (b) medium and (c) long-term future of (i) the residential care home sector, (ii) the nursing home sector and (iii) dual registered care homes. [56591]
§ Jacqui SmithThe Department has commissioned the personal social services research unit to carry out research into the future of the care home sector. Emerging findings from this work can be found on the website of the University of Kent at Canterbury (www.ukc.ac.uk/ PSSRU).