HC Deb 02 April 2003 vol 402 c771W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were available in Buckinghamshire in the care home sector in 2002. [105694]

Jacqui Smith

Information on the number of care home beds in Buckinghamshire in 2002 is not yet available. At 31 March 2001, there was a total of 5,380 residential and nursing care home places in the Buckinghamshire area: 3,430 residential care places in Buckinghamshire County and Milton Keynes Unitary authorities and 1,950 nursing care places in Buckinghamshire Health Authority.