§ Mr. Marksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what additional provision of elderly persons homes have been made by local authorities in each of the past four years.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe statistics for numbers of local authority residential homes and places do not distinguish between provision for elderly people and for physically handicapped people. Increases in the figures for both groups combined are:
At 31 March Homes Places 1978 13 943 1979 10 18 1980 14 511 1981 20 818