HC Deb 24 February 1989 vol 147 cc822-3W
Mr. Pendry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many private residential homes and private nursing homes have been closed in England and Wales because they have failed to comply with local authority and Health Services registration requirements.

Mr. Mellor

Information about cancelled registrations has been notified to the Department only since 1 January 1985. Up to 31 December 1988, 75 residential care homes, 17 nursing homes and one home dually registered as a nursing home and residential care home have been notified.