§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the increase in nursing care funding announced by his Department on 27 February, what he estimates the average cost per resident will be of free nursing care for older people. [158517]
§ Dr. LadymanThe average cost for the just over 128,000 care home residents who receive National Health Service Funded Nursing Care is estimated at £87 per week from 1 April 2004.