What average amount is charged by (a) local authority, (b) independent and (c) private (i) residential and (ii) nursing care homes for care…

Answered Asked by Shona Robison SNP Lodged 27 Nov 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what average amount is charged by (a) local authority, (b) independent and (c) private (i) residential and (ii) nursing care homes for care services on a per person per week basis, broken down by local authority area.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 Dec 2002 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table shows, for all client groups, the average weekly charge for residential care homes in Scotland. Information on private nursing homes is not held centrally. Average Weekly Charge 1 Per Resident in Residential Care Homes, Scotland 2001Local Authority | Local Authority Residential Care Homes(£) | Private and Voluntary Residential Care Homes(£)
Aberdeen City | 386 | 325
Aberdeenshire | 348 | 387
Angus | 398 | 306
Argyll and Bute | 439 | 274
Clackmannanshire |
* |
*
Dumfries and Galloway |
* | 335
Dundee City | 464 | 294
East Ayrshire | 348 | 275
East Dunbartonshire |
* | 442
East Lothian |
* | 340
East Renfrewshire |
* | 393
Edinburgh, City of | 464 | 376
Eilean Siar | 458 |
*
Falkirk | 533 | 368
Fife | 441 | 363
Glasgow City | 377 | 429
Highland | 396 | 298
Inverclyde | 390 | 416
Midlothian |
* | 426
Moray |
* | 339
North Ayrshire | 352 | 337
North Lanarkshire | 340 | 421
Orkney Islands |
* |
*
Perth and Kinross | 386 | 337
Renfrewshire | 385 |

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