HC Deb 27 October 1994 vol 248 c857W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) residential homes and (b) residents of residential homes there are in each regional council in Scotland.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 26 October 1994]: Information on the numbers of local authority and registered private and voluntary residential homes and the number of residents in these homes in each regional or islands council in Scotland are contained in the table. The figures are as at 31 March 1992—the latest complete figures available.

Region Number of residential homes Number of residents
Borders 41 546
Central 40 892
Dumfries and Galloway 42 702
Fife 47 983
Grampian 100 2,078
Highland 68 1,113
Lothian 187 3,152
Strathclyde 312 7,434
Tayside 133 2,706
Orkney 7 102
Shetland 5 85
Western Isles 20 217
Scotland 1,002 20,010