Local Authorities (Residential Places) (Hansard, 28 March 1980)

§ Miss Wright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information is now available regarding the actual and projected number of residential places provided by local authorities for the elderly, for mentally-handicapped adults and for children in care; and if he will publish this information in tabular form

Metropolitan district authority	Number of LA supported residents aged 65 and over 31 March 1979 (provisional)	Number of residential places for the mentally handicapped adults available to LA 31 March 1979	Places for children in care 31 March 1979*
Gateshead	587	29	122
Newcastle upon Tyne	934	74	369
North Tyneside	492	21	115
South Tyneside	450	16	102
Sunderland	714	44	358
Barnsley	542	34	83
Doncaster	687	98	149
Rotherham	498	37	173
Sheffield	1,532	152	480
Bradford	1,370	89	553
Calderdale	627	54	178
Kirklees	1,179	84	323
Leeds	1,849	214	806
Wakefield	700	74	186
Bolton	716	75	196
Bury	496	66	91
Manchester	1,891	162	861
Oldham	612	98	127
Rochdale	541	70	145
Salford	741	128	197
Stockport	624	86	176
Tameside	445	83	64
Trafford	462	46	77
Wigan	673	114	183
Knowsley	247	55	78
Liverpool	1,719	272	478
Sefton	738	112	86
St. Helens	322	70	61
Wirral	1,246	102	166
Birmingham	2,832	214	1,587
Coventry	606	83	272
Dudley	411	50	86
Sandwell	800	28	155
Solihull	301	72	87
Walsall	554	54	105
Wolverhampton	745	74	178
Total	29,883	3,134	9,463
Notes:
* Figures are provisional and relate to places in local authority controlled and maintained children's residential accommodation. Places in assisted and voluntary homes have been excluded.

A report on local authorities projections as provided to the Department in 1978 is available in the Library of the House of Commons. No other projections are available.

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for the English metropolitan district authorities, showing the actual and projected numbers at 31 March 1979, together with the most recently revised figures of each category for each local authority.