§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many places are currently provided by local authorities for the elderly in residential homes in each county in England and Wales.
§ Mr. FreemanThe provisional number of places in local authority homes for elderly people as at 31 March 1988, by local authority, is set out in the table. Information for Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Number of places in local authority homes for elderly people, by local authority, as at 31 March 1988 (provisional) Local authority Number of places Cleveland 1,433 Cumbria 1,641 Durham 1,805 Northumberland 792 Gateshead 623 Newcastle upon Tyne 866 North Tyneside 506 South Tyneside 508 Sunderland 842 Humberside 2,292 North Yorkshire 1,984 Barnsley 708 Doncaster 718 Rotherham 712 Sheffield 1,720 Bradford 1,425 Calderdale 646 Kirklees 1,156 Leeds 2,083 Wakefield 738 Cheshire 2,156 Lancashire 3,863 Bolton 667 Bury 445 Manchester 1,613 Oldham 618 Rochdale 565 Salford 730 Stockport 587 Tameside 455 Trafford 521 Wigan 803 Knowsley 223 Liverpool 1,391 Sefton 701 St. Helens 306 Wirral 962 Hereford and Worcester 1,160 Shropshire 1,034 Staffordshire 2,130 Warwickshire 865 Birmingham 2,317 Coventry 598 Dudley 542
Local authority Number of places Sandwell 911 Solihull 352 Walsall 678 Wolverhampton 687 Derbyshire 2,033 Leicestershire 2,116 Lincolnshire 1,419 Northamptonshire 1,234 Nottinghamshire 2,152 Bedfordshire 1,098 Berkshire 1,113 Buckinghamshire 1,053 Cambridgeshire 1,344 Essex 3,301 Hertfordshire 1,742 Norfolk 1,799 Oxfordshire 1,185 Suffolk 1,478 Camden 553 Greenwich 556 Hackney 497 Hammersmith 461 Islington 601 Kensington 298 Lambeth 667 Lewisham 760 Southwark 492 Tower Hamlets 378 Wandsworth 570 Westminster 505 City of London 0 Barking 412 Barnet 520 Bexley 439 Brent 437 Bromley 450 Croydon 560 Ealing 595 Enfield 537 Haringey 456 Harrow 379 Havering 490 Hillingdon 498 Hounslow 432 Kingston upon Thames 253 Merton 262 Newham 578 Redbridge 477 Richmond upon Thames 349 Sutton 296 Waltham Forest 461 Dorset 1,345 Hampshire 2,751 Isle of Wight 316 Kent 2,807 Surrey 1,978 East Sussex 1,520 West Sussex 1,532 Wiltshire 1,153 Avon 2,470 Cornwall 1,008 Devon 2,204 Gloucestershire 1,075 Somerset 1,065 Isles of Scilly 10 England 110,598