§ 51. Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people over 65 years of age are known to his Department to be residents of nursing and old people's homes which are administered privately and by organisations other than local authorities, respectively, at the latest available date; and how these figures compare with each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the available figures for registered old persons' and disabled persons, homes in England and Wales. No figures are available of persons over 65 resident in nursing
PERSONS AGED 65 AND OVER IN HOMES REGIS-TERED UNDER SECTION 37 OF THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948. At 31st December Private Homes Voluntary Homes 1967 … 15,850 22,761 1968 … 16,747 23,051 1969 … 17,532 23,720 1970 … 18,264 23.773