Physically Disabled People (Hansard, 20 January 1994)

HC Deb 20 January 1994 vol 235 c786W 786W

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of(a) elderly and (b) younger physically disabled people in the Doncaster area are currently accommodated in (i) private sector homes and (ii) council-owned homes.

§ Mr. Bowis
The latest available figures are for 31 March 1992. The percentages of residents in staffed residental care homes for elderly people in the Doncaster area were 37 per cent. in local authority homes and 58 per cent. in private homes. The percentages of residents in staffed residential care homes for younger physically disabled people were 100 per cent. in local authority homes and 0 per cent. in private homes.