§ Mrs. Anne CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of residential places available for people with mental illness in the most recent year available; and how many of these were family placements or provided respite care or housing.
§ Mr. BowisThe information available centrally shows that at 31 March 1992 in England there were 11,569 places in staffed local authority and independent sector residential homes, primarily for people with mental illness and 1,997 places in unstaffed local authority homes. Information is not available centrally for unstaffed homes in the independent sector. Information on places is not broken down by the type of care.
In addition, there were 284 staffed residential homes reported at 31 March 1992 as serving mentally ill people as a second or third client group within the home, but information is not available on the number of places specifically designated for mentally ill people in these homes.