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Mr. Hinchliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the full cost of the recent Price Waterhouse survey of care home costs.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard
The costs of individual studies are not made public as that could breach commercial confidentiality.
Mr. Hinchliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his policy with regard to the payment of housing benefits to care home residents.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Highgate (Sir Geoffrey Finsberg) on 29 October at columns 368–70.