§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what use is made of the annual reports of local authority registration and inspection units.
§ Mr. BowisThe purpose of inspection unit annual reports is set out in chapter 5 of "Caring for People—Community Care in the Next Decade and Beyond", copies of which are available in the Library.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 26 April,Official Report, column 160, how many entries there were in the national list of cancelled registrations for each year since the Registered Homes Act 1984 came into force.
§ Mr. BowisThe number of names reported to the Department for inclusion in the national list of cancelled and refused registrations since 1985 when the Registered Homes Act 1984 came into operation is shown in the table.
Residential care homes Nursing homes Dually registered homes 1985 2 3 — 1986 16 5 — 1987 28 4 — 1988 54 15 2 1989 44 1 2 1990 54 21 2 1991 74 16 — 1992 38 3 — 1993 34 10 — Notes:
1. The figures may include some cases where the registration of more than one person was cancelled in respect of the same home.
2. Since 1990 the list has included those cases where an initial request for registration has been refused.