§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the numbers of voluntary homes and hostels in England for people with mental handicaps in each year from 1970 to the most recent year for which data are available, giving the total numbers of places and the numbers of persons aged under 65 years and aged 65 years and over accommodated in each year.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe numbers requested for the years 1975 to 1985 are given in the table. Prior to 1975, figures are only available centrally for the mentally handicapped and the mentally ill combined.
Voluntary Homes and Hostels for Mentally Handicapped people England Residents Year Homes Places Under 65 65 and Over 1975 56 1,784 n.a. n.a. 1976 70 1,933 1,566 70 1977 77 1,968 1,659 44 1978 92 2,185 1,846 50 1979 99 2,120 1,783 60 1980 99 2,129 1,728 61 1981 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1982 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1983 161 3,054 n.a. n.a. 1984 200 3,996 n.a. n.a. 1985 232 3,991 n.a. n.a. n.a. data not available.
1985 figures are provisional.
§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the numbers of private homes and hostels in England for people with mental handicaps from 1970 to the most recent year for which data are available, giving the total number of places and the numbers of persons under 65 years and aged 65 years and over accommodated in each year.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe numbers requested for the years 1975 to 1985 are given in the table. Prior to 1975, figures are only available centrally for the mentally handicapped and the mentaly ill combined.
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Private Homes and Hostels for Mentally Handicapped people England Residents Year Homes Places Under 65 65 and Over 1975 73 1,101 n.a. n.a. 1976 74 1,137 865 126 1977 77 1,298 1,050 165 1978 84 1,410 1,098 164 1979 92 1,653 1,172 216 1980 93 1,617 1,205 196 1981 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1982 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1983 131 1,992 n.a. n.a. 1984 163 2,275 n.a. n.a. 1985 231 3,105 n.a. n.a. n.a. data not available.
1985 figures are provisional.