§ Mr. FlookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) care homes and (b) care home places were available in Somerset in each of the last six years run by (i) Somerset county council, (ii) Somerset Care and (iii) the voluntary, independent and private sector in Somerset. [189403]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe table shows the number of care homes and places run by the council and the voluntary and private sector in Somerset as at 31 March for the years 1998–2001.
Rounded data Residential1 At 31 March Council staffed Independent sector Nursing2 Total4 Number of homes3 1998 40 160 85 285 1999 20 330 90 435 2000 25 315 85 425 2001 25 320 80 425 Number of places 1998 350 3,345 2,825 6,525 1999 165 3,870 2,870 6,905 2000 190 3,910 2,825 6,925 2001 195 3,910 2,580 6,680 1 Figures for residential care are for Somerset Council with social services responsibilities and for nursing care are for Somerset Health Authority. 2 Includes places in general nursing homes, mental nursing homes and private hospitals and clinics. 3 Dual registered homes are included under nursing homes. 4 Figures may not add up due to rounding. understand from the chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that figures for later years were collected by the National Care Standards Commission, and now CSCI, but comparable details are not available.
§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds are available for the elderly in care homes in(a) Greater London and (b) each London borough; and how many were available on average in each year since 1997. [189473]
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§ Dr. LadymanTable 1 shows the number of nursing care places available for people aged 65 and over in London and by health authority.
Table 2 shows the number of residential care places available for people aged 65 and over in Greater London and by councils with social services responsibilities.
Table 1: Nursing care places1 for people aged 65 and over in London at 31 March. 1998 to 2001 Rounded numbers Older people2,3 Health Authority 1998 1999 2000 2001 London 9,925 11,370 10,510 11,440 Hillingdon 285 370 320 425 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 110 125 125 70 Enfield and Haringey 0 890 735 820 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 670 635 535 615 Barking and Havering 720 855 910 895 Barnet 720 810 820 810 Brent and Harrow 915 1,120 1,100 1,150 Camden and Islington 295 305 380 355 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 755 685 1,030 1,245 East London and The City 520 635 580 560 Bexley and Greenwich 880 790 910 745 Bromley 800 590 560 560 Croydon 1,040 1,185 n/a 915 Kingston and Richmond 860 825 810 765 Lambeth. Southwark and Lewisham 1,350 1,555 1,690 1,515 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 0 0 0 0 n/a Data not available. 1Includes independent general nursing homes, mental nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics. 2 Aged 65 or over. 3Information is not available by age band at Health Authority level for 1997. Source: RH(N)A
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Table 2: Residential1 care places for people aged 65 and over in London at 31 March, 1997 to 2001 Rounded numbers Councils with social services responsibilities Older people2 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 London 18,875 18,110 18,710 18,540 17,510 Camden 595 595 580 515 450 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 Greenwich 525 545 205 450 405 Hackney 300 270 210 320 325 Hammersmith and Fulham 290 280 n/a 185 150 Islington 380 375 360 265 200 Kensington and Chelsea 460 330 305 335 265 Lambeth 765 595 530 530 510 Lewisham 725 685 650 580 625 Southwark 330 295 375 375 325 Tower Hamlets 400 350 510 405 310 Wandsworth 735 640 640 655 600 Westminster 260 260 245 255 265 Barking and Dagenham 535 555 555 480 485 Barnet 1,655 1,330 2,030 1,910 1,830 Bexley 390 645 485 360 400 Brent 475 155 450 380 425 Bromley 860 815 855 1,010 1,005 Croydon 830 1,130 970 930 805 Ealing 925 880 845 680 635 Enfield 690 800 825 765 780 Haringey 595 255 555 570 570 Harrow 655 660 550 615 570 Havering 975 875 895 880 820 Hillingdon 565 540 510 640 640 Hounslow 370 365 360 360 365
Table 2: Residential1 care places for people aged 65 and over in London at 31 March, 1997 to 2001 Rounded numbers Councils with social services responsibilities Older people2 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Kingston-upon-Thames 135 510 510 500 400 Merlon 480 430 490 440 450 Newham 290 315 290 360 275 Redbridge 825 790 810 965 825 Richmond–upon–Thames 645 650 650 680 675 Sutton 510 510 490 445 440 Waltham Forest 690 685 690 710 690 n/a Data not available. 1Includes places in residential LA staffed, independent and dual registered homes. 2 Aged 65 or over source: RA I understand from the chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that figures for later years were collected by the National Care Standards Commission, and now CSCI, but comparable details are not available.
§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on care home funding in the London borough of Havering. [189251]
§ Dr. LadymanNeither councils nor strategic health authorities are allocated funding to be spent on care homes in particular. It is for councils and strategic health authorities to decide in the light of local circumstances and priorities how much of the general funding that they receive should be spent on care homes.