§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the average occupancy of community homes in 1973 and 1974.
§ Dr. Owen:I regret that this information is not available for the community home system as a whole. We are, however, considering what additional information needs to be collected in future about community homes of all types. Some statistics are collected from community homes other than assisted community homes and I am writing to my hon. Friend about these.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is being done to monitor the results and practices of community homes.
§ Dr. Owen:Primary responsibility for the provision and operation of community homes rests with local authorities within the general framework provided by chil-
238Wstaff and discussions on the staff side claim, submitted in December, are continuing this month.