HC Deb 09 March 1995 vol 256 cc321-2W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residential places for the elderly were available in local authority homes in England in each year since 1990.

Mr. Bowis

The information is shown in the table.

Number of places in local authority homes primarily for elderly people, England
As at 31 March Number of residential places
1990 103,600
1991 96,100
1992 85,000
1993 75,400
1994 67,200

The decrease in number of local authority homes in part reflects the transfer by local authorities of the management and ownership of local authority homes to the independent sector.