HC Deb 17 June 2004 vol 422 cc1114-5W
Tom Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds are available in residential care homes in the Greater London area. [177830]

Dr. Ladyman

At 31 March 2001 there were 47,400 care home places in Greater London. This comprises of 18,100 nursing care places and 29,300 residential care places.

Figures for later years have been collected by the National Care Standards Commission but comparable details are not available.