§ Sir David PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of beds provided in residential care for elderly people in(a) local authority residential care homes, (b) private residential care homes and (c) independent nursing homes, by district health authority.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe number of nursing home beds by each district health authority is contained in "Private Hospitals Homes and Clinics Registered under Section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 1984". The number of residential care places for elderly and younger physically handicapped people by local authority is contained in "RA/89/2 Residential Accommodation for Elderly and for Young Physically Handicapped People: All Residents in Local Authority, Voluntary and Private Homes Year ending 31 March 1989 England". Copies of both these publications are in the Library.