§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the six community homes with the highest occupancy rate and the six with the lowest occupancy rate.
§ Sir George YoungI regret that information on individual community homes is not held centrally and could not be obtained at a reasonable cost.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average occupancy rate of community homes in England and Wales.
§ Sir George YoungInformation on all community homes is not kept centrally. At 31 March 1978 an average of 82.2 per cent. of places in local authority maintained and controlled community homes in England and Wales were occupied.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much central Government finance has been made available to local authorities for secure units in community homes each year since 1975.
§ Sir George YoungThe sum available in each year has been:—
£ million 1975–76 0.2 1976–77 1.5 1977–78 2 1978–79 2.26 1979–80 2 Not all of this has been taken up by local authorities.