§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department maintains on closures of private residential care homes. [2785]
§ Mr. Bowis[holding answer 27 November 1995]: The Department collects information on individual residential care and nursing homes registered under the terms of the Registered Homes Act 1984 at 31 March each year and, for 1993–94, on residential care homes opened or closed by comparison with the previous 31 March.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide information about the number of homes registered and deregistered under the Registered Homes Act 1984 by local authority area within each region for each of the last five years. [2784]
§ Mr. Bowis[holding answer 27 November 1995]: Information is not held centrally in the form requested.