§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list (a) local authorities who have sold residential care homes, as defined by the Registered Homes Act 1984, since 1979, (b) the number of residential care homes sold by each authority since 1979 and (c) the number of residential care homes sold by local authorities, for each year, since 1979;
(2) if he will list (a) the number of places lost by the sale of local authority care homes, for each year since 1979, (b) the number of places lost by the sale of local authority care homes by each authority since 1979 and (c) the amount of revenue generated by the sale of local authority residential care homes, for each year since 1979.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information is not available centrally in the form requested, but between 31 March 1979 and 31 March 1985 the number of local authority homes, including staffed hostels for the mentally disordered, increased from 3,751 to 4,389 and the number of places from 128,565 to 135,595.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many residential care homes, dealing wholly or mainly with (a) the elderly, (b) the mentally ill and (c) drug/alcohol dependants have registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984;
(2) if he will publish (a) the numbers of residential care homes which have been registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984, to date, (b) the number of places now available in residential care homes registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984, (c) an estimate of the number of residential care homes with fewer than four paying occupants and (d) the number of residential care homes which have registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984, broken down by region, as defined by regional health authority boundaries.
§ Mrs. CurrieFull information is not available in the form requested. The table gives details of the latest information collected centrally; it relates to registered homes within local authority boundaries grouped according to the most appropriate health region. Information is not available centrally on homes with fewer than four residents which are not required to register.
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Regions/Authorities Homes for Elderly and Disabled Persons Homes for Mentally Handicapped Persons Homes for Mentally Ill Persons Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places South Western 1,013 17,406 77 1,038 13 121 West Midlands 463 7,908 56 624 32 268 Mersey 234 5,690 28 400 12 138 North Western 530 9,173 22 383 8 93 Northern 195 3,869 10 152 4 50 Cleveland 14 250 2 26 0 0 Cumbria 54 974 3 33 0 0 Durham 18 358 0 0 0 0 Northumberland 26 529 1 65 0 0 Gateshead 5 79 0 0 0 0 Newcastle upon Tyne 23 589 1 12 2 27 North Tyneside 32 632 3 16 2 23 South Tyneside 12 193 0 0 0 0 Sunderland 11 265 0 0 0 0 Yorkshire 460 7,715 13 153 10 102 Humberside 107 1,798 1 9 9 92 North Yorkshire 174 2,821 4 38 1 10 Bradford 79 1,318 0 0 0 0 Calderdale 22 356 2 34 0 0 Kirklees 25 464 1 10 0 0 Leeds 43 763 1 13 0 0 Wakefield 10 195 4 49 0 0 Trent 362 6,138 29 361 15 195 Barnsley 6 127 1 5 0 0 Doncaster 18 349 0 0 0 0 Rotherham 6 89 5 26 1 2 Sheffield 16 275 1 32 1 14 Derbyshire 97 1,685 0 0 0 0 Leicestershire 72 1,160 13 188 2 42 Lincolnshire 77 1,277 2 25 3 40 Nottinghamshire 70 1,176 7 85 8 97 East Anglian 282 5,095 32 449 14 186 Cambridgeshire 33 651 2 42 0 0 Norfolk 163 2,822 25 323 13 151 Suffolk 86 1,622 5 84 1 35 North West Thames 250 6,070 17 322 18 270 Bedfordshire 36 681 2 69 2 7 Hertfordshire 69 1,494 4 49 1 17 Hammersmith 2 100 0 0 0 0 Kensington 10 739 0 0 6 78 Westminster 2 38 3 35 1 14 Barnet 49 1,341 2 48 3 67 Brent 12 209 2 18 1 22 Ealing 31 676 2 19 3 42 Harrow 29 509 1 16 0 0 Hillingdon 7 159 0 0 0 0 Hounslow 3 124 1 68 1 23 North East Thames 308 6,671 18 216 27 262 Essex 186 3,919 11 118 2 9 Camden 12 310 1 20 2 40 Hackney 7 217 0 0 4 25 Islington 2 77 3 45 2 13 Tower Hamlets 3 127 0 0 1 23 Barking 1 30 0 0 0 0 Enfield 33 530 2 26 3 30 Haringey 19 642 1 7 11 84 Havering 10 183 0 0 1 18 Newham 4 85 0 0 0 0 Redbridge 21 404 0 0 0 0 Waltham Forest 10 147 0 0 1 20 South East Thames 644 13,158 72 1,427 47 771 Greenwich 7 355 0 0 1 16 Lambeth 12 335 3 88 0 0 Lewisham 16 218 1 14 1 12 Southwark 10 318 1 16 2 19 Bexley 3 32 0 0 0 0 Bromley 38 829 3 29 8 78 Kent 184 3,730 25 462 25 435
Regions/Authorities Homes for Elderly and Disabled Persons Homes for Mentally Handicapped Persons Homes for Mentally Ill Persons Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places East Sussex 374 7,341 39 818 10 211 South West Thames 612 12,501 30 492 14 270 Wandsworth 15 1,055 2 64 1 10 Croydon 65 1,307 2 16 3 72 Kingston upon Thames 17 217 0 0 0 0 Merton 18 263 1 4 1 22 Richmond upon Thames 12 496 3 34 2 26 Sutton 24 457 1 16 1 29 Surrey 163 3,593 7 162 3 86 West Sussex 298 5,113 14 196 3 25 Wessex 743 11,761 35 571 17 246 Dorset 271 3,772 8 202 4 89 Hampshire 325 5,648 14 177 6 73 Isle of Wight 64 1,031 4 77 0 0 Wiltshire 83 1,310 9 115 7 84 Oxford 212 4,352 24 508 19 199 Northamptonshire 58 938 5 81 1 53 Berkshire 78 1,480 12 330 7 51 Buckinghamshire 45 1,227 6 64 8 38 Oxfordshire 31 707 1 33 3 57 South Western 1,013 17,406 77 1,038 13 121 Avon 183 3,204 34 367 8 54 Cornwall 135 2,434 14 158 0 0 Devon 524 8,737 14 186 5 67 Gloucestershire 79 1,466 10 174 0 0 Somerset 92 1,565 5 153 0 0 West Midlands 463 7,908 56 624 32 268 Hereford & Worcester 109 1,924 14 156 2 27 Shropshire 52 804 4 24 0 0 Staffordshire 78 1,364 0 0 0 0 Warwickshire 53 938 9 69 17 75 Birmingham 90 1,558 13 173 9 124 Coventry 23 347 8 43 2 15 Dudley 18 301 4 79 1 8 Sandwell 4 76 0 0 0 0 Solihull 10 220 3 73 0 0 Walsall 5 65 1 7 0 0 Woverhampton 21 311 0 0 1 19 Mersey 234 5,690 28 400 12 138 Cheshire 47 1,350 3 71 7 56 Knowsley 0 0 0 0 0 Liverpool 31 1,049 6 153 3 65 Sefton 103 2,335 6 92 1 8 St. Helens 6 163 0 0 0 0 Wirral 47 793 13 84 1 9 North Western 530 9,173 22 383 8 93 Lancashire 350 5,615 14 199 0 0 Bolton 12 195 0 0 0 0 Bury 6 347 1 62 0 0 Manchester 39 782 1 15 0 0 Oldham 18 374 0 0 2 42 Rochdale 10 254 0 0 0 0 Salford 9 261 2 28 0 0 Stockport 35 490 0 0 0 0 Tameside 14 287 0 0 1 11 Trafford 31 486 3 69 5 40 Wigan 6 82 1 10 0 0
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the annual aggregate figure for the amount of benefit being paid to those in residential care homes; and how many people are living in homes run by: (a) private organistions, (b) voluntary organisations and (c) local authorities.