To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2008, Official Report, column 68W, on continuing care: standards, how many people were in receipt of continuing care in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority area and (c) each primary care trust area in each (i) quarter and (ii) year since 1998. (243889)

The information requested has been placed in the Library.

Data before 2007-08 were collected on an annual basis. Prior to 2002-03 these data were not collected.