§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 20 November,Official Report, column 99, on private residential homes, if he will break down the figures given by local authority.
§ Mr. DorrellThe local authorities and health authorities which reported the cancellations of registrations of persons running residential care and nursing homes detailed in that answer were:
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Residential care homes Nursing homes Dually registered homes Suffolk 3 Surrey 2 Sutton 2 Warwickshire 2 28 4 1988 Avon 3 Bath and District HA 2 Kingston Upon Thames/Kingston and Esher 2 Bradford 5 Clwyd HA 1 Derbyshire 4 Eastbourne HA 2 Devon 2 Harrogate HA 2 Dudley 1 Northants HA 2 East Sussex 4 Scunthorpe HA 2 Essex 8 South Cumbria HA 1 Havering 2 Wycombe HA 3 Hertfordshire 2 Kent 4 Lancashire 2 Liverpool 2 Manchester 2 Northamptonshire 2 North Yorkshire 2 Staffordshire 4 Suffolk 1 Tameside 2 Wirral 2 54 15 2 1989 Avon 1 Croydon 1 Devon CC/Exeter HA 2 Bradford 3 Kingston and Esher HA 1 Brent 2 Scarborough HA 1 Bromley 1 Cleveland 2 Devon 3 Essex 2 Hampshire 2 Hereford and Worcester 2 Hertfordshire 2 Humberside 1 Lancashire 4 Leicestershire 1 Liverpool 2 North Yorkshire 2 Sheffield 1 South Tyneside 1 Stockport 1 Suffolk 2 Wakefield 2 Warwickshire 4 Wirral 2 Wolverhampton 1 44 13 2 1 Includes 2 cases relating to 1989 omitted in error in the answer given on 20 November. The corrected figures for the reasons for the cancellations reported in 1989 are:
the fitness of persons involved in running the home: 38 cases
the fitness of premises, or their staffing: 6 cases
the conduct of the home or services or facilities provided: 24 cases
conviction of an offence under the Registered Homes Act 1984: 1 case
urgent closure on application to a Justice of the Peace: 7 cases
In a number of cases, more than one reason was cited.