1.   A private care home in my constituency accepted an elderly lady for respite care.

2.   Any possibility of further reductions in respite care should be strenuously resisted.

3.   Coupled with the financial implications if carers Decided they could no longer shoulder this burden the case for supporting respite care becomes overwhelming.

4.   The need for respite care or day care or domiciliary support is rarely so precisely detailed.

5.   This has worked well for both permanent and respite care.

6.   We could respond to their needs at any time of the day or night, whether for psychiatric help or respite care.

7.   Within social services, respite care for children with learning difficulties was provided by the local specialist units.

8.   Virtually all of the respite care that is provided, is provided in your own homes, we are getting some increase in using independent homes for respite care.

9.   Local authorities may wish to use these powers to offer short periods of respite care to children in need whose families are otherwise able to accommodate them.