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Local Authorities (Residential Places)

Volume 981: debated on Friday 28 March 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information is now available regarding the actual and projected number of residential places provided by local authorities for the elderly, for mentally-handicapped adults and for children in care; and if he will publish this information in tabular form

Metropolitan district authorityNumber of LA supported residents aged 65 and over 31 March 1979 (provisional)Number of residential places for the mentally handicapped adults available to LA 31 March 1979Places for children in care 31 March 1979*
Gateshead58729122
Newcastle upon Tyne93474369
North Tyneside49221115
South Tyneside45016102
Sunderland71444358
Barnsley5423483
Doncaster68798149
Rotherham49837173
Sheffield1,532152480
Bradford1,37089553
Calderdale62754178
Kirklees1,17984323
Leeds1,849214806
Wakefield70074186
Bolton71675196
Bury4966691
Manchester1,891162861
Oldham61298127
Rochdale54170145
Salford741128197
Stockport62486176
Tameside4458364
Trafford4624677
Wigan673114183
Knowsley2475578
Liverpool1,719272478
Sefton73811286
St. Helens3227061
Wirral1,246102166
Birmingham2,8322141,587
Coventry60683272
Dudley4115086
Sandwell80028155
Solihull3017287
Walsall55454105
Wolverhampton74574178
Total29,8833,1349,463
Notes:
* Figures are provisional and relate to places in local authority controlled and maintained children's residential accommodation. Places in assisted and voluntary homes have been excluded.
A report on local authorities projections as provided to the Department in 1978 is available in the Library of the House of Commons. No other projections are available.

for the English metropolitan district authorities, showing the actual and projected numbers at 31 March 1979, together with the most recently revised figures of each category for each local authority.

The latest information on the number of places provided by local authorities for the elderly, for mentally handicapped adults and for children in care for metropolitan district authorities in England is shown in the following table: