§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, if he will list by counties in England (a) the number of registered private old people's and nursing homes and (b) the number of places in such homes in 1979 and subsequent years.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 10 February 1984, c. 821–22]: Given below for 1979 and each subsequent year is the number of voluntary and privately run homes for the elderly and younger physically handicapped registered under the Residential Homes Act 1980 and the number of places in such homes for each non-metropolitan county in England, with aggregated figures for the metropolitan counties and Greater London:
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1979 1980 1981 1982 *1983 Counties Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Suffolk 12 314 13 321 15 402 16 429 16 431 London (GLC Area) 212 7,789 208 7,487 218 7,701 212 7,703 210 7,622 Dorset 30 632 33 662 33 665 34 709 32 680 Hampshire 32 1,019 33 1,047 32 1,061 31 1,046 32 1,070 Isle of Wight 6 156 6 157 7 173 6 131 6 131 Kent 46 1,104 49 1,226 49 1,226 49 1,226 49 1,226 Surrey 59 1,873 62 1,959 59 1,954 59 1,991 60 1,978 East Sussex 55 1,864 55 1,868 46 1,628 46 1,560 49 1,858 West Sussex 45 1,342 48 1,423 48 1,613 52 1,644 53 1,598 Wiltshire 4 78 6 122 6 132 7 170 7 176 Avon 28 796 31 858 31 923 31 927 32 1,051 Cornwall 9 259 10 269 10 268 10 278 10 278 Devon 35 932 37 973 38 1,012 37 994 37 1,057 Gloucestershire 15 499 17 572 18 641 18 641 18 641 Somerset 18 362 17 344 16 331 16 331 16 362 * 1983 figures are provisional. Note: It is not possible to identify separately the number of homes for the elderly from those for the younger physically handicapped
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Privately-run homes and places Counties 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983* Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Cleveland 1 15 1 15 1 15 2 21 2 21 Cumbria 15 239 17 310 18 320 25 410 25 435 Durham 4 92 5 113 5 112 3 69 6 139 Northumberland 5 126 6 146 7 170 7 170 8 175 Tyne and Wear 32 649 32 681 35 755 34 718 39 821 Humberside 22 373 30 527 27 501 36 668 39 686 North Yorkshire 47 680 53 779 59 867 69 1,005 82 1,198 South Yorkshire 9 129 8 115 7 116 7 116 11 178 West Yorkshire 57 1,128 64 1,210 69 1,330 77 1,341 96 1,615 Cheshire 5 69 5 74 7 93 8 105 9 133 Lancashire 93 1,327 95 1,394 132 1,967 151 2,209 178 2,675 Greater Manchester 44 616 51 721 61 942 62 952 75 1,143 Merseyside 55 1,010 61 1,126 74 1,235 90 1,541 101 1,681 Hereford and Worcester 32 501 36 618 37 488 43 669 58 895 Salop 11 200 12 216 15 259 21 349 30 456 Staffordshire 6 110 7 128 12 221 12 233 21 361 Warwickshire 20 290 22 307 23 320 21 323 28 444 West Midlands 25 402 40 693 35 546 45 697 59 867 Derbyshire 14 231 15 249 20 339 26 401 36 564 Leicestershire 15 211 16 192 14 181 17 211 22 251 Lincolnshire 20 275 21 308 25 336 29 424 44 612 Northamptonshire 17 202 17 202 18 217 20 244 20 244 Nottinghamshire 22 295 24 313 26 343 28 386 30 395 Bedfordshire 7 114 8 129 12 188 17 281 20 316 Berkshire 25 309 32 400 34 410 31 384 40 553 Buckinghamshire 17 327 21 376 21 369 25 406 27 410 Cambridgeshire 13 178 15 211 18 281 25 348 25 348 Essex 43 635 53 773 73 1,079 79 1,135 90 1,203 Hertfordshire 15 255 16 278 16 288 22 384 26 473 Norfolk 41 683 49 794 53 866 63 1,047 88 1,380 Oxfordshire 13 270 13 276 14 288 13 280 17 323 Suffolk 40 611 40 670 41 746 44 783 47 826 London (GLC Area) 179 2,697 183 2,857 185 2,963 198 3,269 224 3,638 Dorset 117 1,416 129 1,571 148 1,816 169 2,007 196 2,281 Hampshire 89 1,319 95 1,397 122 1,856 137 2,403 178 2,433 Isle of Wight 15 260 17 288 24 355 27 409 35 590 Kent 119 2,172 135 2,504 135 2,504 135 2,504 135 2,504 Surrey 51 751 51 759 52 823 57 914 66 1,079 East Sussex 161 2,625 179 2,908 175 2,950 206 3,479 254 4,236 West Sussex 133 1,731 144 1,886 154 2,062 173 2,346 193 2,608 Wiltshire 23 375 26 412 31 486 37 592 45 708 Avon 52 924 56 963 66 1,058 69 1,097 96 1,395
Counties 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983* Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Cornwall 45 588 49 637 52 671 64 898 81 1,163 Devon 217 3,644 257 4,171 289 4,455 319 4,911 371 5,891 Gloucestershire 27 398 29 418 29 405 33 463 41 539 Somerset 39 546 43 649 48 661 54 744 61 885 * 1983 figures are provisional. Note: It is not possible to identify separately the number of homes for the elderly from those for the younger physically handicapped.