asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the list of homes specially designated for the elderly mentally infirm maintained by London boroughs.

This information is not available centrally, and it would be liable to be misleading. Wherever possible, elderly mentally infirm people are accommodated not in specially designated homes but in ordinary old people's homes, either individually or in small groups, since this frequently assists in improving their mental condition or at least in preventing deterioration.