§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for each district health authority in England in 1987(a) the total number of beds, and the number of beds per 100,000 population, in institutions registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1984, (b) the total number of beds for care of those over 65 years requiring long-stay nursing care 447W in institutions registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1984 and (c) the number of beds for the care of the elderly per 100,000 population aged over 65 years in institutions registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1984.
§ Mr. MellorResidential care homes, registered under part I of the Registered Homes Act 1984, are registered by local authority social services departments. Information on these is therefore available by local authority, not by district health authority.
Tables placed in the Library show provisional information as at 31 March 1987, by local authority, on the total number of places, the number of places in homes for elderly people, and the respective rates per 100,000 population. The number of places in homes registered under part I of the Act is published annually in "Residential Accommodation for Elderly and Younger Physically Handicapped People: All Residents in Local Authority, Voluntary and Private Homes year ending 31 March England" and "Homes and Hostels for Mentally III and Mentally Handicapped People at 31 March England"; copies of which are available in the Library.
Hospitals and nursing homes, registered under part II of the Registered Homes Act 1984, are registered by
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