§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what provisions are made by his Department to recompense local authorities social services departments for the cost implications of taking over the running of private care homes which are de-registered.
§ Mr. DorrellNo separate central provision for such contingencies is made. The very few instances of local authorities assuming temporary responsibility for the management of private care homes seem to have occurred where deregulation has been ordered by a justice of the peace. Local authority returns show that only seven such orders were made in 1989.