A date has still not been set for the release of a report into the death of a pensioner who was left to starve for over a week.

Banstead widow Gloria Foster died in February after being left to starve for nine days when the daily carer visits she depended on stopped and Surrey County Council made no provision for alternative care.

Surrey Council contracted the 81-year-old's care to Sutton-based firm Carefirst 24 but when the company was shut down by immigration police in a pre-arranged raid in January, no cover was arranged.

Mrs Foster went nine days without food or water and was discovered in a critical condition in her Chipstead Road home on January 24. She was taken to Epsom Hospital but died on February 4.

Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board, made up of representatives from the council, local NHS services, police and other bodies, is investigating the incident and has promised to bring out a full report into Mrs Foster's death but, so far, no information has been made public.

A Surrey Council spokeswoman said: "There isn't a date set. It's still ongoing so we don't have a date but hopefully it should be in the relatively near future."

Sutton and Cheam MP Paul Burstow, the former Care Minister, and Mrs Foster's friend Ann Penston, from Sutton, have called on the authorities to make their findings available as soon as possible. Mr Burstow said Surrey Council has to "come clean" over what happened."

Sutton Council also contracted services to Carefirst 24 but police warned both authorities ahead of the raid and Sutton made alternative arrangements for all its clients.