§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide a breakdown for (a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde region and (c) Scotland as a whole, using low income tables for 1979 and 1983, of the numbers of people who fall below the supplementary benefit level, who are on supplementary benefit and up to 140 per cent. of supplementary benefit broken down by economic status and family types, showing what proportion each group makes up of the population of Greenock and Port Glasgow, Strathclyde Region and Scotland.
§ Mr. MajorI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Dunfermline, East (Mr. Brown) on 30 October, columns242–246.
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Private and voluntary residential care homes registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984 Number of homes and places at 31 March 1985 Numbers Regions/Authorities Homes for Elderly and Disabled Persons Homes for Mentally Handicapped Persons Homes for Mentally Ill Persons Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places England 6,308 117,507 463 7,096 250 3,171 Northern 195 3,869 10 152 4 50 Yorkshire 460 7,715 13 153 10 102 Trent 362 6,138 29 361 15 195 East Anglian 282 5,095 32 449 14 186 North West Thames 250 6,070 17 322 18 270 North East Thames 308 6,671 18 216 27 262 South East Thames 644 13,158 72 1,427 47 771 South West Thames 612 12,501 30 492 14 270 Wessex 743 11,761 35 571 17 246 Oxford 212 4,352 24 508 19 199 I regret that information for Greenock and Port Glasgow, the Strathclyde region and Scotland as a whole, classified by economic status and family types, cannot be provided on a statistically reliable basis.