Nursing Homes

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of private and voluntary residential care and nursing homes the independent sector provides for each year since 1980 in Wales.

Private and voluntary residential homes are all in the independent sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are employed by (a) voluntary registered homes, (b) private registered homes and (c) local authority homes in Wales; and, in each case, what appropriate formal qualifications they have.

The number of people employed by voluntary and private registered homes is not held centrally. The number of people employed in local authority homes as at 30 September 1989 is shown in the following table. Information on their appropriate formal qualifications is not held centrally.1980; and if he will estimate what the change will be in these figures in the future due to changes in community care policy.

The number of residents aged 65 years and over in accommodation for elderly people in local authority and private and voluntary residential homes is shown in the following table:

	As at 31 March
	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Clwyd
Local authority	887	914	976	955	946	886	868	814	787	690
Voluntary and private homes¹	757	821	830	985	1,249	1,484	1,698	1,893	1,998	2,069
Dyfed
Local authority	1,042	1,081	1,101	1,117	1,157	1,143	1,131	1,152	1,116	1,086
Voluntary and private homes¹	76	78	86	91	157	275	447	531	631	790
Gwent
Local authority	955	967	962	979	958	951	945	948	962	929
Voluntary and private homes¹	62	67	59	130	208	235	260	321	447	422
Gwynedd
Local authority	812	802	822	814	826	813	824	809	813	787
Voluntary and private homes¹	184	198	249	276	367	523	639	767	916	1,021
Mid Glamorgan
Local authority	1,154	1,180	1,203	1,198	1,192	1,209	1,222	1,242	1,231	1,207
Voluntary and private homes¹	85	100	96	131	172	247	320	357	517	611
Powys
Local authority	380	371	369	383	395	396	381	394	397	398
Voluntary and private homes¹	32	35	69	100	115	143	168	195	224	241
South Glamorgan
Local authority	909	928	921	890	870	851	781	747	747	748
Voluntary and private homes¹	405	410	457	496	659	748	987	1,168	1,297	1,375
West Glamorgan
Local authority	833	859	857	837	829	840	888	874	836	777
Voluntary and private homes¹	118	122	129	130	158	253	296	317	361	368
Wales
Local authority	6,972	7,102	7,211	7,173	7,173	7,089	7,040	6,980	6,889	6,622
Voluntary and private homes¹	1,719	1,831	1,975	2,339	3,085	3,908	4,815	5,549	6,391	6,897
¹ Separate figures for the voluntary and private sectors are not available prior to 1989.

Changes in patterns and volumes of care will take place on the basis of social care plans which are to be produced by social services authorities working with health authorities and other interests and which are to be published by April 1991.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many residents in voluntary and private homes were sponsored by local authorities for each year since 1980; and what information he has on the proportion accounted for by supported residents in (a) voluntary homes and (b) private homes in Wales.

The data as at 31 March are shown in the following table:

	Supported residents in private and voluntary homes	Percentage of these in voluntary homes	Percentage of these in private homes
1980	729	77·4	22·6
1981	586	81·6	18·4
1982	577	86·1	13·9
1983	576	83·7	16·3
1984	519	88·1	11·9
1985	422	93·4	6·6

Homes, Places and Residents for Elderly People as at 31 March 1980–1989
	Clwyd	Dyfed	Gwent	Gwynedd	Mid Glamorgan	Powys	South Glamorgan	West Glamorgan	Wales
(a) Registered Private and Voluntary¹
1980
Homes	45	5	4	22	2	2	16	5	101
Places	801	94	67	266	102	67	435	137	1,969
Residents	775	78	63	184	85	49	409	127	1,770

	Supported residents in private and voluntary homes	Percentage of these in voluntary homes	Percentage of these in private homes
1986	217	99.5	0.5
1987	128	99.2	0.8
1988	162	98.8	1.2
1989	182	100.0	—

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (i) private registered homes, (ii) voluntary registered homes and (iii) local authority homes for the elderly there were in each local authority in Wales (a) how many places these provided and (b) how many residents there were, for each year since 1980; and what estimate he has made of the likely change in these figures as a result of changes in community care.

The information required is shown in the following table. Changes in patterns and volumes of care will take place on the basis of social care plans which are to be produced by social services authorities working with health authorities and other interests, and which are to be published by April 1991.

	Clwyd	Dyfed	Gwent	Gwynedd	Mid Glamorgan	Powys	South Glamorgan	West Glamorgan	Wales
1981
Homes	55	5	5	27	3	2	16	5	118
Places	1,043	95	74	306	131	68	448	142	2,307
Residents	839	80	68	198	100	56	417	130	1,888
1982
Homes	59	5	5	27	4	3	20	7	130
Places	1,131	95	109	360	135	88	511	155	2,584
Residents	846	88	60	250	96	89	464	133	2,026
1983
Homes	68	7	7	31	6	4	24	9	156
Places	1,359	124	155	393	147	123	558	156	3,015
Residents	1,012	92	132	279	131	110	502	135	2,393
1984
Homes	86	10	11	45	9	5	35	11	212
Places	1,672	173	245	550	201	139	732	182	3,894
Residents	1,282	161	212	372	175	127	671	163	3,163
1985
Homes	101	21	15	49	15	7	41	21	270
Places	1,921	307	315	716	303	162	815	278	4,817
Residents	1,517	282	269	540	252	151	754	259	4,024
1986
Homes	117	42	16	53	18	8	63	23	340
Places	2,197	545	328	753	374	194	1,166	318	5,875
Residents	1,741	466	284	645	326	170	999	306	4,937
1987
Homes	135	46	19	64	22	11	72	25	394
Places	2,371	621	352	892	421	232	1,303	343	6,535
Residents	1,929	557	328	778	363	207	1,181	321	5,664
1988
Homes	147	50	25	75	30	12	78	28	445
Places	2,453	721	501	1,090	609	242	1,472	404	7,492
Residents	2,035	653	457	926	522	229	1,309	366	6,497
1989
Homes	151	63	23	87	33	15	84	28	484
Places	2,620	895	473	1,220	684	280	1,559	422	8,153
Residents	2,102	814	431	1,037	618	256	1,390	379	7,027
(b) Local Authority
1980
Homes	23	28	25	26	32	15	27	22	198
Places	943	1,164	1,049	853	1,281	418	975	898	7,581
Residents	916	1,108	1,011	843	1,238	394	936	860	7,306
1981
Homes	23	29	25	26	33	15	27	22	200
Places	946	1,208	1,047	852	1,305	417	976	909	7,660
Residents	937	1,149	1,027	826	1,257	387	942	893	7,418
1982
Homes	24	29	25	26	33	15	27	22	201
Places	1,011	1,207	1,047	853	1,311	418	976	909	7,732
Residents	1,001	1,161	1,019	840	1,271	385	933	891	7,501
1983
Homes	23	29	25	26	33	14	27	21	198
Places	1,003	1,212	1,043	854	1,318	414	956	882	7,682
Residents	976	1,186	1,026	833	1,266	400	907	861	7,455
1984
Homes	24	29	25	26	33	14	27	21	199
Places	1,032	1,257	1,038	853	1,326	417	954	881	7,758
Residents	966	1,219	1,004	845	1,263	410	889	855	7,451
1985
Homes	23	29	25	26	33	14	27	22	199
Places	958	1,224	1,041	855	1,329	434	949	910	7,700
Residents	904	1,211	996	834	1,273	410	865	863	7,356

	Clwyd	Dyfed	Gwent	Gwynedd	Mid Glamorgan	Powys	South Glamorgan	West Glamorgan	Wales
1986
Homes	23	29	24	27	34	14	27	23	201
Places	962	1,273	1,010	883	1,373	434	949	960	7,844
Residents	881	1,188	982	842	1,287	394	795	902	7,271
1987
Homes	22	29	24	27	34	14	24	23	197
Places	899	1,266	1,029	866	1,372	440	868	929	7,669
Residents	830	1,199	982	824	1,293	404	764	895	7,191
1988
Homes	21	29	24	27	34	14	24	23	196
Places	861	1,258	1,030	860	1,364	440	846	900	7,559
Residents	797	1,155	986	841	1,271	410	756	851	7,067
1989
Homes	20	27	24	27	34	14	24	22	192
Places	794	1,148	1,026	848	1,349	440	838	907	7,350
Residents	703	1,123	953	810	1,248	404	758	793	6,792
¹ Separate figures for the voluntary and private sectors are not available prior to 1989.

Volume 175: debated on Monday 25 June 1990