HC Deb 25 June 2001 vol 370 c23W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals had to sell a property to finance their(a) residential and (b) nursing care, within local authorities prior to the local authority becoming responsible for funding their care; and if he will make a statement. [182]

Jacqui Smith

This information is not held centrally.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) residential and (b) nursing placements were being funded at the end of 2000–01. [181]

Jacqui Smith

The table shows the number of local authority supported residents in residential or nursing care at 31 March 2000, the latest year for which information is available.

Rounded number
England1 Supported residents
Residential care homes2 193,100
Nursing care homes3 74,400
Total number of residents 267,500
1As at 31 March 2000
2Includes local authority staffed, voluntary and private homes and small or unstaffed homes
3Independent general and mental nursing homes

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