§ Mr. SandersTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many elderly people were accommodated in(a) private sector and (b) local authority care homes in each region in each of the last 30 years; [75918]
(2) how many elderly people were accommodated in (a) private sector care homes and (b) local authority care homes in (i) Devon, (ii) Torbay and (iii) Plymouth in each of the last 30 years. [75921]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on the number of people accommodated in homes for the elderly in England, for the period 1983 to 1996 in Devon, for the period 1987 to 1996, is given in the table. It is not possible to provide a consistent series for earlier years or by region because of changes in regional boundaries and changes in the methods of data collection.
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Elderly persons in residential care (England 1983–96 and Devon 1987–96) Number Year LA Voluntary Private England 1983 105,682 24,917 41,228 1984 98,752 24,274 51,810 1985 93,978 22,475 63,533 1986 93,247 21,968 75,732 1987 102,390 24,719 88,440 1988 99,680 25,108 98,640 1989 96,744 25,602 113,452 1990 90,827 26,256 122,250 1991 83,723 27,315 131,399 1992 72,635 31,043 134,712 1993 64,523 33,546 137,255 1994 59,536 32,603 131,037 1995 55,095 32,633 129,471 1996 53,025 32,770 129,452 1997 — — —
Elderly persons in residential care (England 1983–96 and Devon 1987–96) Number Year LA Voluntary Private Devon 1983 — — — 1984 — — — 1985 — — — 1986 — — — 1987 1,951 736 6,445 1988 1,943 881 7,577 1989 1,942 857 7,868 1990 1,803 888 8,193 1991 1,616 969 7,970 1992 1,374 989 8,268 1993 1,144 1,005 7,973 1994 1,089 1,004 7,862 1995 1,061 1,001 7,557 1996 777 971 7,393 1997 — — — Source:
DH returns; RAC5 & RA
§ Mr. SandersTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many(a) private sector and (b) local authority care homes for the elderly there were in each region for each of the last 30 years; [75916]
(2) how many (a) private sector care homes and (b) local authority care homes for the elderly there were in (i) Devon, (ii) Torbay and (iii) Plymouth in each of the last 30 years. [75923]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on the number of homes for the elderly in England, for the period 1985 to 1997 and in Devon, for the period 1987 to 1997, is given in the table. It is not possible to provide a consistent series for earlier years or by region because of changes in regional boundaries and changes in the methods of data collection.
Homes for the elderly in residential care (England 1985–97 and Devon 1987–97) Number Year LA England Voluntary Private LA Devon Voluntary Private 1985 2,361 829 4,840 — — — 1986 2,341 787 5,784 — — — 1987 2,588 879 6,882 54 34 577 1988 2,572 895 7,395 55 39 615 1989 2,532 897 8,247 55 34 595 1990 2,479 930 8,557 51 37 614 1991 2,330 968 8,730 50 41 599 1992 2,086 1,075 8,655 46 41 603 1993 1,875 1,156 8,582 40 42 584 1994 1,736 1,215 8,509 38 45 573 1995 1,672 1,233 8,414 38 44 544 1996 1,625 1,242 8,477 39 44 542 1997 1,498 1,320 8,988 38 45 633 Source:
DH returns; RA1, RAC5 and RA