§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will state the latest estimate for the number of places in(a) private residential or nursing homes, (b) voluntary residential or nursing homes and (c) local authority residential homes and express each element as a percentage of the total number of places.
§ Mr. YeoInformation which separately identifies private and voluntary nursing homes is not available. The total number of beds in nursing homes (including beds in dual registered homes) at 31 March 1991 was 124,300.
Provisional estimates of the numbers of places in adult residential care homes (including dual registered homes) as at 31 March 1992 are:
Places per cent, of total Private homes 172,800 52 Voluntary homes 55,400 17 Local authority homes 105,400 31 The figures include only those private and voluntary homes which have registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984, and so exclude for instance, homes with fewer than four residents. Unstaffed local authority homes are not included in the figures.