HC Deb 19 February 1986 vol 92 cc203-5W
Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the number of community residential places for (i) England and (ii) the United Kingdom as a whole, for each year from 1976 to 1986–87, giving estimated figures where actual figures are not yet available; and if he will also give (a) the total number of residents, (b) the number of residents per 100,000 of the population and (c) the number of residents in each of the

Residential care in local authority and registered homes. Number of places and number of residents 1976–85
England As at 31 March
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 ¶ ■1985
Residential care for children in care
Number of places* 33,895 34,081 33,498 33,426 31,691 .. .. .. .. ..
Number of residents by age Aged:†
under 1 .. 172 137 141 100 66 55 51 33 n.a.
1 to 4 .. 2,203 1,672 1,468 1,259 880 645 453 296 n.a.
5 to 9 .. 6,409 5,687 5,112 4,639 3,694 2,662 1,912 1,293 n.a.
10 to 15 .. 21,166 20,640 19,665 19,813 18,331 16,312 13,598 10,854 n.a.
16 to 17 .. 5,943 6,222 6,379 6,524 6,675 6,583 6,024 5,612 n.a.
18 and over .. 89 130 149 145 104 96 93 78 n.a.
Total 38,200 35,982 34,488 32,915 32,480 29,750 26,353 22,131 18,166 n.a.
Other residential care‡
Number of places 186,130 190,752 196,438 200,263 206,498 212,792 220,133 230,607 245,162 265,377
Number of residents by age║ Aged:
under 16 1,675 1,782 1,881 1,810 1,887 1,837 1,762 1,771 1,642 1,697
16 to 64 23,290 24,414 26,221 27,139 27,573 28,897 30,131 31,565 31,740 31,328
65 and over 145,012 149,874 152,903 153,971 158,317 161,936 166,757 173,163 181,638 194,364
Total• 169,978 176,070 181,070 182,963 187,777 193,638 198,650 206,499 215,020 228,475
Total of above•
Number of residents 208,178 212,052 215,558 215,878 220,257 223,388 225,003 228,630 233,186 n.a.
(per 100,000 population) 446.0 454.5 462.2 462.9 471.7 477.5 480.6 488.6 497.8 n.a.

* The figures for 1984 may not be directly comparable with those for earlier years because the 1984 figures exclude residents in small NHS mental handicap units in the community, many of whom would have been included in the figures for earlier years but not in a separately identifiable form.

following age ranges: under two years, two to four years, five to nine years, 10 to 15 years, 16 to 18 years, 19 to 64 years, 65 to 74 years and 75 plus years.

Mr. Whitney

Information is not available consistently in precisely the form requested but available figures for England are given in the table. Statistics for the rest of the United Kingdom are a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

* The figures refer to local authority maintained and controlled Community Homes only. There are no equivalent data from 1981 onwards.

† Children in Care accommodated in Community Homes provided under the Child Care Act 1980 and registered voluntary children's homes and hostels.

‡Care provided in local authority and registered voluntary and private homes and hostels for the elderly, disabled, mentally ill and mentally handicapped.

║ From 1981 the available data on the number of residents in voluntary and private homes for the mentally disordered relate only to those who are supported by local authorities.

Includes newly available data, as at 31 December 1984, on the number of beds and residents in small NHS mental handicap units [...]n the community.

• Some authorities were not able to supply age breakdowns and therefore the columns may not add to the totals.

■ Provisional.

.. Data not available.

n.a.—Data not available yet.