§ Mr. O'Brienasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many old people's nursing homes, with how many residents, are registered in each of the district health authorities in West Yorkshire.
§ Mr. WhitneyAt 31 December 1983, the latest date for which information is available centrally, the numbers of nursing homes with general specialty beds designated for the elderly registered with district health authorities in West Yorkshire and the number of these beds was as shown in the following table. Excluded are mental nursing homes, and beds not designated for the elderly in the nursing homes concerned.
District Health Authority Number of registered homes with general specialty beds designated for the elderly Number of general specialty beds for the elderly Bradford 5 123 Leeds Eastern 1 16 Leeds Western 3 80 Pontefract — — Wakefield — — Huddersfield 1 16 Calderdale 7 145 Dewsbury — —
§ Mr. O'Brienasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many private old people's homes, with how many residents, there are in the areas of each of the five metropolitan boroughs of West Yorkshire.
§ Mr. WhitneyProvisional information on the number of private homes for the elderly and disabled and the number of residents in such homes, as at 31 March 1985, the latest date for which information is available, is given in the table.
Metropolitan Districts Number of Homes Number of Residents Under 65 65+ Total Bradford 74 27 1,051 1,078 Calderdale 20 17 258 275 Kirklees 22 3 363 366 Leeds 36 5 461 466 Wakefield 7 2 140 142
Major capital schemes completed since May 1979 Region Scheme District health authority beds Cost (£000) Completion date Northern North Tyneside Phase 1 North Tyneside 334 10.4 December 1983 Furness (Barrow) DGH Phase 1 South Cumbria 382 9.9 January 1984 South Cleveland General Phase 1 South Tees — 9.1 January 1981 Queen Elizabeth Phase 1 (Gateshead) Gateshead 200 6.1 June 1985 Yorkshire Grimsby DGH Phase 1 Grimsby 472 12.0 December 1982