To ask the Secretary of State for Wales; (1) what estimate his Department has made of the number of complaints made about care in (a) residential and (b) nursing homes last year. [37011](2) what estimate his Department has made of the number of care assistants in residential homes that have nursing qualifications; [37016](3) what estimate his Department has made of the average gross and net profits made by private residential and nursing homes. [37017]

The information requested is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate his Department has of the number of residential homes and nursing homes in Wales. [37014]

There were 681 residential care homes and 391 private nursing homes open on 31 March 1994.