To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of residential places for mentally people in Wales at the present time; and what was the comparable figure in 1979.
The number of residential places for mentally ill people in Wales is shown in the table:
As at 31 March 1979
| 1990
| |
Accommodation provided by
| ||
| Social services1 | 2329 | 349 |
| Private registered homes | 145 | 277 |
| Voluntary registered homes | 18 | 53 |
| Other3 | n.a. | 100 |
| Total | 492 | 779 |
1 Includes staffed and unstaffed accommodation provided by local authority social services departments. | ||
2 Excluding 129 mixed places which could accommodate either mentally ill or mentally handicapped people. | ||
3Other providers include local authority housing authorities, housing associations, health authorities (excluding hospitals), unregistered private and voluntary homes (i.e. those catering for fewer than four people and which may be staffed or unstaffed). | ||