HC Deb 07 February 1989 vol 146 c643W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of continuing care residential places are provided for the elderly(a) by local authorities, (b) by voluntary organisations and (c) by the private sector in each region for (i) the year 1987 and (ii) the year 1988.

Mr. Mellor

[holding answer 2 February 1989]: Provisional information on the number of places in homes for elderly people as at 31 March 1987 by social services inspectorate regions is given in the table. Information for the year ending 31 March 1988 is not yet available.

Number of places in residential care homes for the elderly, by social services inspectorate region, as at 31 March 19871
Percentage of total places in:
Region Total number of places Local authority homes Voluntary homes Private homes
Northern 14,533 63.0 5.9 31.1
Yorkshire and Humberside 25,348 56.2 5.0 38.8
North Western 35,698 47.8 9.3 42.9
West Midlands 22,851 50.4 8.6 40.9
East Midlands 17,076 52.9 8.2 38.9
Thames/Anglia 30,083 47.4 13.7 39.0
Inner London 9,610 69.1 21.8 9.1
Outer London 17,880 50.5 23.4 26.0
Southern 46,440 29.0 13.7 57.3
South Western 26,629 29.8 9.2 61.0
England 246,148 45.6 11.4 43.0
1 Provisional.