§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many residents and staff there were in the Polish home run by his Department in 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980 and the present time; and how much the Polish home cost, gross and net, in the latest financial year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe numbers of residents and staff in the Ilford Park Polish home for the years in question were as follows:
Residents Staff 31 March 1965 480 * 31 March 1970 374 44½ 31 March 1975 281 79 31 March 1980 199 78 March 1985 133 63 * Information not available. These figures include residents formerly housed on the site on a self-contained basis; they exclude nursing staff employed by the Torbay district health authority in the hospital unit.
The cost of running the home for the year 1983–84 was £1,116,530 gross, £704,279 net.