HC Deb 13 January 1989 vol 144 cc770-3W
Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by local authority area the number of approved places in:(a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) local authority residential homes for the elderly, for each year since 1980.

Mr. Freeman

The information readily available over the period relates to the number of places for elderly and younger physically handicapped people in local authorities own homes and places registered in private and voluntary homes under the Registered Homes Act 1984. The information for the years ending 31 March 1981 to 1986 is published in "Residential Accommodation for Elderly and Younger Physically Handicapped People: All Residents in Local Authority, Voluntary and Private Homes Year Ending 31 March 1981 to Year Ending 31 March 1986 England", a copy of which is available in the Library. The provisional information for year ending 31 March 1987 is given in the table.

Number of places in residential care homes for the elderly and for younger physically handicapped people as at 31 March 1987 (Provisional).
Local authority Places in local authority homes Places in voluntary homes1 Places in private homes1 Total places in all homes1
Northern Region 9,297 1,019 4,531 14,847
Cleveland 1,494 104 367 1,965
Cumbria 1,672 127 1,245 3,044
Durham 1,883 137 560 2,580
Northumberland 852 173 564 1,589
Gateshead 649 52 107 808
Newcastle upon Tyne 886 228 393 1,507
North Tyneside 509 63 738 1,310
South Tyneside 511 10 194 715
Sunderland 841 125 363 1,329
Yorkshire/ Humberside 14,465 1,749 9,854 26,068
Humberside 2,325 187 2,625 5,137
North Humberside 2,004 821 2,893 5,718
Barnsley 698 0 243 941
Doncaster 748 77 345 1,170
Rotheham 677 16 73 766
Sheffield 1,813 44 282 2,139
Bradford 1,425 93 1,418 2,936
Calderdale 702 32 438 1,172
Kirklees 1,163 43 534 1,740
Leeds 2,165 382 709 3,256
Wakefield 745 54 294 1,093
North Western Region 17,347 4,673 15,337 37,357
Cheshire 2,134 775 1,083 3,992
Lancashire 3,985 691 6,768 11,444
Bolton 706 74 405 1,185
Bury 462 392 181 1,035
Manchester 1,842 233 700 2,775
Oldham 671 0 528 1,119
Rochdale 608 0 329 937
Salford 831 201 194 1,226
Stockport 637 36 588 1,261
Tameside 459 83 319 861
Trafford 521 122 613 1,256
Wigan 824 16 216 1,056
Knowsley 222 0 63 285
Liverpool 1,441 719 496 2,656
Sefton 705 1,075 1,816 3,596
St. Helens 316 84 92 492
Wirral 983 172 946 2,101
Local authority Places in local authority homes Places in voluntary homes1 Places in private homes1 Total places in all homes1
West Midlands Region 11,768 2,289 9,483 23,540
Hereford and Worcester 1,207 417 2,131 3,755
Shropshire 1,128 31 1,360 2,519
Staffordshire 2,147 370 1,740 4,257
Warwickshire 918 372 885 2,175
Birmingham 2,509 747 1,358 4,614
Coventry 677 45 601 1,323
Dudley 563 42 581 1,186
Sandwell 909 0 158 1,067
Solihull 324 166 82 572
Walsall 697 0 261 958
Wolverhampton 689 99 326 1,114
East Midlands Region 9,210 1,732 6,652 17,594
Derbyshire 2,116 431 1,717 4,264
Leicstershire 2,159 423 1,066 3,648
Lincolnshire 1,437 203 1,778 3,418
Northampton 1,309 337 1,004 2,650
Nottinghamshire 2,189 338 1,087 3,614
Thames/Anglia Region 14,426 5,344 11,791 31,561
Bedfordshire 1,145 172 754 2,071
Berkshire 1,158 635 1,060 2,853
Buckinghamshire 1,029 874 507 2,410
Cambridgeshire 1,378 316 942 2,636
Essex 3,389 1,168 2,565 7,122
Hertfordshire 1,753 826 1,318 3,897
Norfolk 1,896 514 2,738 5,148
Oxfordshire 1,183 340 476 1,999
Suffolk 1,495 499 1,431 3,425
Inner London Region 6,785 2,173 874 9,832
Camden 578 206 71 855
Greenwich 560 0 109 669
Hackney 523 137 0 660
Hammersmith 461 106 16 583
Islington 651 58 32 741
Kensington 300 249 51 600
Lambeth 702 302 172 1,176
Lewisham 790 18 237 1,045
Southwark 682 300 0 982
Tower Hamlets 441 125 0 566
Wandsworth 568 636 186 1,390
Westminster 529 36 0 565
City of London 0 0 0 0
Outer London Region 9,156 4,392 4,655 18,203
Barking 379 0 38 417
Barnet 544 1,003 534 2,081
Bexley 437 5 45 487
Brent 437 159 72 668
Bromley 475 646 330 1,451
Croydon 608 320 698 1,626
Ealing 599 389 302 1,290
Enfield 550 56 354 960
Haringey 457 360 140 957
Harrow 412 134 396 942
Havering 514 0 303 817
Hillingdon 505 96 57 658
Hounslow 473 136 5 614
Kingston upon Thames 253 18 370 641
Merton 262 165 165 592
Newham 616 109 24 749
Redbridge 481 174 231 886
Richmond upon Thames 353 434 85 872
Sutton 338 176 299 813
Waltham Forest 463 12 207 682
Local authority Places in local authority homes Places in voluntary homes1 Places in private homes1 Total places in all homes1
Southern Region 13,658 7,759 26,655 48,072
Dorset 1,380 673 4,256 6,309
Hampshire 2,854 962 5,850 9,666
Isle of Wight 316 126 1,253 1,695
Kent 2,807 1,226 2,525 6,558
Surrey 2,016 1,845 1,962 5,823
East Sussex 1,491 1,527 5,465 8,483
West Sussex 1,602 1,135 4,086 6,823
Wiltshire 1,192 265 1,258 2,715
South Western Region 8,077 2,844 16,276 27,197
Avon 2,538 829 2,295 5,662
Cornwall 1,044 251 2,621 3,916
Devon 2,217 1,035 8,929 12,181
Gloucestershire 1,164 480 1,058 2,702
Somerset 1,114 249 1,373 2,736
England Total 114,189 33,974 106,108 254,271
1 Includes homes exempt from registration under Section 1(5)(j) of the Registered Homes Act 1984.