HC Deb 21 October 1991 vol 196 cc430-1W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing expenditure on residential homes for the elderly operated by(a) local authorities, (b) voluntary organisations and (c) the private sector, showing (i) the number of elderly people resident in each sector, (ii) the total Government financial support for each sector and (iii) the per capita Government expenditure on the clients of each sector, for each year since 1985.

Miss Widdecombe

The information is not available in the form requested. The numbers and income support expenditure on all residents in residential care and nursing homes in the independent sector are as follows:

Date Numbers of customers (thousands) Annual equivalent expenditure (nearest £ million)
December 1985 70 348
February 1986 90 459
May 1987 117 671
May 1988 147 878
May 1989 176 1,105
May 1990 189 1,270
February 1991 210 1,542

The total number of residents over 65 in local authority and independent sector homes in England are shown in the following table:

LA Homes Voluntary Homes Private Homes
1985 101,528 25,818 66,143
1986 101,704 25,121 77,557
1987 99,750 25,105 84,945
1988 97,380 25,633 96,161
1989 95,335 25,858 111,301
1990 89,340 26,633 119,883
Residential care (Thousands)
Date Over pension age Under pension age Elderly Mentally ill Mentally handicapped Total
December 1985 45 10 42 3 5 55
February 1986 55 15 51 4 8 70
August 1986 — — — — — 75
May 1987 67 18 62 5 10 84
May 1988 81 22 71 6 16 103
May 1989 93 26 85 6 17 119
May 1990 98 27 89 5 18 125
May 1991 108 29 98 6 21 137
Nursing homes (Thousands)
Date Over pension age Under pension age Elderly Mentally ill Mentally handicapped Total
December 1985 12 2 12 1 <1 15
February 1986 18 2 17 1 <1 20
August 1986 — — — — — 28
May 1987 28 4 21 3 2 32
May 1988 39 4 29 4 1 44
May 1989 51 5 36 5 2 56
May 1990 61 2 30 5 1 64
May 1991 87 7 37 4 2 94

Notes:

1. Information before 1985 from Annual Statistical Enquiry.

2. Information from 1985 from Quarterly Statistical Enquiry.

3. Numbers under 5,000 are not statistically reliable.

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