HC Deb 08 June 2004 vol 422 c358W
25. Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the availability of residential care for the elderly. [177309]

Dr. Ladyman

The National Care Standards Commission report "How do we care?", published in March 2004, reported that there were 12,990 registered care homes with 371,200 places for older people at 31 October 2003.

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