§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nursing and residential home beds there were in(a) Hampshire and (b) in the Portsmouth, Isle of Wight and south east Hampshire health authority in (i) 1993, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999 and (iv) 2000. [22376]
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§ Ms Blears[holding answer 11 December 2001]: The table shows the number of residential and nursing care home beds in (a) Hampshire and (b) the Portsmouth, Isle of Wight and south-east Hampshire health authority.
(a) Hampshire1 (b) Portsmouth, Isle of Wight and south-east Hampshire health authority At 31 March Residential Nursing Residential2 Nursing 19933 44— 3,659 4— 2,096 1998 12,181 5,436 24,015 2,174 1999 11,859 4,820 23,925 2,229 2000 11,485 5,027 23,829 2,027 2001 12,109 5,140 23,606 2,045 1 Information is presented for the geographical area covered by Hampshire shire county and Portsmouth and Southampton unitary authorities and the north and mid-Hampshire, Portsmouth and south-east Hampshire and south-west Hampshire health authorities. The Isle of Wight is excluded. 2 Information on residential places is for Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight unitary authorities only. Information for the south-east Hampshire health authority area is not available centrally. 3 Nursing bed figures for 1993 were collected at the time of main inspection between 1 October 1992 and 31 March 1993. 4 Not available Source:
Department of Health's annual returns