§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many domiciliary care providers have(a) applied for and (b) met the registration standards. [140640]
§ Dr. LadymanAs at 30 November, 4,322 domiciliary care providers have applied for registration. 3,155 of these applications have been validated and are being processed, and 243 domiciliary care providers met the registration standard.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many domiciliary care providers have been registered by the National Care Standards Commission in each region. [140642]
§ Dr. LadymanThe information requested is shown in the following table.
Region Services registered South West 72 South East 70 London 40 West Midlands 20 North West 20 North East 7 Yorkshire and Humberside 6 East Midlands 6 Eastern 2 Total 243 Note:
Information as at 30 November 2003.