HC Deb 25 April 2002 vol 384 c459W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of people over(a) 95 and (b) 100 who are being cared for in (i) an NHS hospital and (ii) a nursing home. [51306]

Jacqui Smith

We do not have data available in the form requested. However, there were an estimated 57,910 nursing beds occupied by people aged 85 and over being cared for in private nursing homes, hospitals and clinics in England during the period 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001. This represented 38 per cent. of all occupied beds.