To ask the Secretary of State for Health which registered care homes for the elderly have a religious ethos; and what the average number of residents in each such care home was in the latest year for which figures are available. (106938)

I understand from the chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that the information requested is not collected.

In January 2007, CSCI will publish information on the number of care homes and places in England and how they perform against national minimum standards and regulations in its “State of Social Care” report.