HC Deb 14 January 2003 vol 397 cc517-8W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 9 December 2002,Official Report, column 152W, on care home inspectors, when information on the number of different types of establishment will be available. 90119]

Jacqui Smith

Data will be available from the end of March.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what methodology was used in indicating the increase in the number of people being supported in care homes in the next three years as set out in the document "Improvement, Expansion and Reform: The next three years". [83465]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 28 November 2002]: The modelling methodology took account of projected changes in the numbers of older people generally and in the numbers of emergency hospital admissions of older people between 2003–06.