HC Deb 04 December 1989 vol 163 cc78-82W
Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by(a) region and (b) district the number of old people in homes in Scotland (i) in the private sector, (ii) in the voluntary sector and (iii) run by local authorities.

Mr. Lang

Information for 1988, the latest year available, is set out in the following table:

Local authority homes Voluntary homes Private homes
Dunfermline 235 102
Kirkcaldy 300 60 91
North East Fife 92 129 28
Fife region 627 189 221
Aberdeen city 400 400 49
Banff and Buchan 170 77
Gordon 97 71
Kincardine and Deeside 80 77 67
Moray 180 69 54
Grampian region 927 617 247
Badenoch and Strathspey 24 13
Caithness 85 25
Inverness 83 26 47
Lochaber 58 24
Nairn 33 33 18
Ross and Cromarty 117 34 72
Skye and Lochalsh 36 4
Sutherland 33 19
Highland region 433 173 178
East Lothian 202 97 42
Edinburgh 630 589 214
Midlothian 156 80 30
West Lothian 202
Lothian region 1,190 766 286
Argyll and Bute 175 106 194
Dumbarton 169 55 105
Glasgow 1,486 494 134
Clydebank 103
Bearsden and Milngavie 40
Strathkelvin 78 27
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 59
Monklands 182 40
Motherwell 192 44
Hamilton 243 39
East Kilbride 68 5
Eastwood 42 100
Clydesdale 58
Renfrew 348 83 8
Inverclyde 79 148 53
Cunninghame 128 91 139
Kilmarnock and Louden 155 91 42
Kyle and Carrick 164 55 74
Cumnock and Doon Valley 26
Strathclyde region 3,755 1,334 833
Angus 247 44 213
Dundee city 510 234 154
Perth and Kinross 229 316 258
Tayside region 986 594 625
Orkney Islands 69 17
Shetland Islands 68 16
Western Isles 186 10
Islands councils 323 16 27
SCOTLAND 9,324 2,731 4,042

Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by(a) region and (b) district the number of old people's homes in private ownership in Scotland in (i) 1980, (ii) 1985, (iii) 1987 and (iv) 1989.

Mr. Lang

Information in the form requested is not held for 1980 and no information after 1988 is available yet. Figures for that year and for 1985 and 1987 are given in the following table:

Number of Private Homes for the Elderly by District/ Region
1985 1987 1988
Berwickshire 1
Ettrick and Lauderdale 1 1 2
Roxburgh 1 3
Tweeddale 1 1 1
Borders Region 2 3 7
Clackmannan
Falkirk 2 2 2
Stirling 3 3 4
Central Region 5 5 6
Annandale and Eskdale 1 4 6
Nithsdale 1 2
Stewartry 1 1 2
Wigtown 1 1
Dumfries and Galloway 3 6 11
Dunfermline 3 4 6
Kirkcaldy 2 6 6
North East Fife 3 4 4
Fife Region 8 14 16
Aberdeen City 1 1 2
Banff and Buchan 2 4
Gordon
Kincardine and Deeside 2 4 5
Moray 2 3 4
Grampian Region 5 10 15
Badenoch and/Strathspey 1 1 1
Caithness
Inverness 1 2 3
Lochaber 1 2
Nairn 2
Ross and Cromarty 2 5
Skye and Lochalsh 1
Sutherland
Highland Region 2 6 14
East Lothian 1 3 4
Edinburgh 8 13 14
Midlothian 2 2
West Lothian
Lothian Region 9 18 20
Argyll and Bute 3 7 14
Dumbarton 2 6 7
Glasgow 2 6 8
Clydebank
Bearsden and Milngavie
Strathkelvin
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Monklands 4
Motherwell 3 3
Hamilton 1 3
East Kilbride
Eastwood
Clydesdale
Renfrew 2
Inverclyde 3
Cunninghame 5 7 10
Kilmarnock and Louden 1 3
Kyle and Carrick 1 3 5
Cumnock and Doon Valley
Strathclyde 14 37 59
Angus 4 13 16
Dundee City 5 7
Perth and Kinross 8 14 17

1985 1987 1988
Tayside Region 12 32 40
Orkney Islands 2 3
Shetland Islands
Western Isles 1 1
Islands Councils 3 4
Scotland 60 134 192

Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the charities currently subsidising old people in private sector homes in Scotland.

Mr. Lang

No information is collected on this, which is a wholly private matter for the residents themselves.

1988. Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the latest estimate of the investment made by international companies in old people's homes in Scotland; and what were the comparable figures in(a) 1985 and (b)

Mr. Lang

No information on this subject is held centrally. Financial arrangements for private developments of this kind are a matter of the proprietors themselves.

1989. Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the weekly average cost for (i) a single room and (ii) shared accommodation in old people's homes in the private sector in Scotland in(a) 1980, (b) 1985, (c) 1986, (d) 1987, (e) 1988 and (f)

Mr. Lang

Information in the form requested is not held centrally. The weekly average charge for residents in private homes was £149 in 1987 and £158 in 1988.

Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received regarding old people's homes in private ownership in Scotland.

Mr. Lang

I have received 12 representations in the last three years. They covered specific issues, such as standards and charges, as well as more general issues. Responsibility for the registration and inspection of residential homes rests with regional and islands councils.

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