§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his estimate of the number of private residential or nursing homes in each registration authority area which have closed within the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. DorrellInformation is not available centrally for nursing homes. Information about residential homes could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each local authority the number of directly provided care homes for the elderly which have either closed or transferred out of the local authority sector during each year since 1978.
§ Mr. DorrellThe information that is available centrally could be provided only at disproportionate cost.