§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, for the last three years and to the latest available date, the numbers in residential care, per thousand population over 65 years of age and per thousand population over 75 years of age; and what have been the percentage changes in each year.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe information is shown in the following table:
Residents in all homes for the elderly England 1979 1980 1981 Residents aged 65 and over per 1000 relevant population 22.3 22.8 23.0 Percentage change on previous year -0.5 +2.0 +1.2 Residents aged 75 and over per 1000 relevant population 50.9 51.7 51.8 Percentage change on previous year -1.0 +1.5 +0.3
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, for the last three years and to the latest available date, the numbers in residential care of (a) physically disabled people per thousand population aged 16 to 65 years (b) mentally handicapped people per thousand population aged 18 to 65 years, (c) physically handicapped children per thousand population aged 0 to 16 years, (d) mentally handicapped children per thousand population aged 0 to 16 and (e) mentally ill people per thousand population aged 18 to 65 years; and what have been the percentage changes in each year.
§ Mr. RossiInformation on the numbers of physically handicapped children in residential accommodation is not collected centrally. The available information is shown in the following three tables: 255W
Table 1. Residential accommodation for the younger physically disabled. England 1979 1980 1981 Residents supported by local authorities per 1000 population aged 16–64 0.35 0.32 0.34 Percentage change on previous year -2.7 -7.3 +4.4 Residents in all homes per 1000 population aged 16–64 0.42 0.41 0.44 Percentage change on previous year -0.8 -1.5 +8.1
Table 2. Residential accommodation for the mentally handicapped. Residents supported by local authorities England 1979 1980 1981 Number of adults per 1000 population aged 16–64 0.41 0.44 0.46 Percentage change on previous year +4.6 +6.0 +5.8 Number of children per 1000 population aged 0–15 0.15 0.17 0.17 Percentage change on previous year +0.3 +9.7 +3.3
Table 3. Residential accommodation for the mentally ill Residents supported by local authorities England 1979 1980 1981* Residents per 1000 population aged 16–64 .17 .17 .15
Persons provided with a holiday by local authorities England Year Persons aged under 16 per 1,000 relevant population Percentage change on previous year Persons aged 16–64 per 1,000 relevant population Percentage change on previous year Persons aged 65 and over per 1,000 relevant population Percentage change on previous year 1979 0.51 +18.2 0.81 +6.2 9.3 +3.9 1980 0.39 -23.2 0.78 -2.5 8.4 -10.5 1981 0.30 -22.1 0.66 -15.7 7.1 -14.9