HC Deb 11 November 1991 vol 198 cc387-8W
Mr. Clifford Forsythe

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the number of(a) residential care homes and (b) nursing homes in operation for each year since 1979.

Mr. Hanley

The information is as follows:

Year Residential care homes1
1979 Not available
1980 234
1981 241
1982 246
1983 257
1984 253
1985 255
1986 266
1987 289
1988–89 2302
1989–90 2337

Patients waiting for admission by months waiting
Months Patients
0–2 125
3–5 81
6–8 78
9–11 68
11–23 168
24+ 471
Total 991