§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) local authority residential places, (b)independent sector residential places, (c) national health service long-stay geriatric and psycho-geriatric beds and (d) independent sector nursing home places there were in (i) 1973, (ii) 1980, (iii) 1990 and (iv) 2000. [97660]
§ Jacqui SmithThe information available is shown in the table for England at 31 March for the years 1973, 1980,1990 and 2000.
Reliable data on the number of residential home places for the years prior to 1980, and nursing home places prior to 1982, are not readily available. Information on national health service long stay mental illness beds is not available for 1973 and 1980.
533W1Data include places in dual registered homes.
2 Data for 1980 do not include places for the client group "other".
3 Geriatric beds include long and short-stay beds. Long-stay beds are not collected as a separate category.
4 Nursing home places include beds in general and mental nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics.
5 Number of independent nursing home places are given as at 31 December 1982. Reliable data for years prior to 1982 are not available.
6 Data not available