§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what role is currently played by the social services inspectorate in terms of establishing whether there are in any particular area reasons for the continued direct provision of local authority part III accommodation. [14707]
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of people employed in care homes provided under the National Assistance Act 1948 in each year since 1979. [14706]
§ Mr. BowisThe information available centrally relates to whole-time equivalent numbers of staff directly employed by local authority social services departments in residential care homes. Figures for 1979 to 1993 are published in the 1992 and 1993 editions of the Local Authority Social Services Statistics: Staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments, copies of which are available in the Library.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions during each year since 1984 it has been necessary to place residents in local authority part III accommodation as a direct result of the closure for whatever reason of a private voluntary care home. [14775]