Elderly Persons' Homes (Hansard, 12 December 2001)

HC Deb 12 December 2001 vol 376 c877W 877W

§ Mr. Hurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many elderly persons' homes there were in the(a) county of Essex and (b) unitary boroughs of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea in (i) 1971, (ii) 1981, (iii) 1991 and (iv) 2001. [21754]

§ Ms Keeble
The information is as follows:

1971 1981 1991 2001

County of Essex

Independent ¹— ¹— 260 210

Public Sector ¹— ¹— 55 12

Thurrock

Independent ¹— ¹— ²— 12

Public Sector ¹— ¹— ²— 2

Southend-on-Sea

Independent ¹— ¹— ²— 65

Public Sector ¹— ¹— ²— 2

¹ Information not readily available

² Included within "county" figure above

	1971	1981	1991	2001
County of Essex
Independent	¹—	¹—	260	210
Public Sector	¹—	¹—	55	12
Thurrock
Independent	¹—	¹—	²—	12
Public Sector	¹—	¹—	²—	2
Southend-on-Sea
Independent	¹—	¹—	²—	65
Public Sector	¹—	¹—	²—	2
¹ Information not readily available
² Included within "county" figure above