HC Deb 09 May 1996 vol 277 cc206-7W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of places in(a) old people's homes and (b) nursing homes in the private, public and voluntary sectors for each of the new council areas in Scotland as at 1 April, indicating for each the vacancies. [27916]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The latest available information is for 30 September 1995 and is set out in the table:

Residential care homes
Local authority Private Voluntary Nursing homes
New council area Number of beds Percentage vacant Number of beds Percentage vacant Number of beds Percentage vacant Number of beds Percentage vacant
Moray 171 11.1 58 5.2 46 0.0 189 4.8
North Ayrshire 128 6.2 186 11.0 71 0.0 846 15.3
North Lanarkshire 437 5.9 146 4.4 45 11.1 996 11.5
Orkney Islands 71 5.6 28 21.4 0.0 — 0.0 —
Perth and Kinross 240 5.4 328 16.0 192 13.5 787 14.7
Renfrewshire 266 4.9 197 3.0 88 3.4 525 8.6
Scottish Borders 270 10.4 113 8.8 110 10.0 688 19.9
Shetland Islands 61 8.2 0 — 36 5.6 0 —
South Ayrshire 160 5.0 65 4.3 105 1.9 878 6.8
South Lanarkshire 396 9.3 78 5.7 151 10.6 1,734 15.8
Stirling 153 2.6 103 5.8 199 11.1 373 6.7
West Dunbartonshire 257 12.5 30 6.7 38 2.6 63 3.2
West Lothian 215 8.8 22 9.1 8 0.0 514 30.4
Western Isles 182 17.0 6 0.0 14 0.0 65 1.5
Scotland 8,263 7.6 4,507 10.1 4,194 8.4 20,724 13.6