§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many privately owned and managed nursing homes were registered in(a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland as a whole in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 18 February 1993]: The information on private nursing homes1 is as follows:
Year (at 31 March) Strathclyde2 Scotland 1988 98 215 1989 125 270 1990 141 316 1991 156 355 1992 176 388 1 Establishments registered by Health Boards under the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 (as amended). 2 Area covered by Health Boards for Argyll and Clyde, Ayrshire and Arran, Lanarkshire and Greater Glasgow.