§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many people in Wales aged over 64 years live in(a) private residential homes, (b) private nursing homes, (c) local authority residential homes and (d) national health service nursing homes; and of these, how many have the cost of their care paid wholly or partly by (i) their local authority, (ii) their health authority and (iii) the Department of Social Security; and how many pay for their care wholly from private resources. [25975]
Means of Support Accommodation Number of residents aged 65 and over at 31 March 19941 Local authority1 Health authority Department of Social Security Private means Private residential homes 6,672 1,047 — 2,859 1,980 Private nursing homes 10,047 2,086 28 4,714 1,790 Local authority residential homes 4,902 4,902 — — — 1. There are no NHS nursing homes in Wales. 1The total number of residents includes residents whose means of support is not known. 2Includes those reported as partly funded by the Department of Social Security and partly financed by the local authority.