I am informed by the chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that data on the number of care homes and places are not collected by strategic health authority area. CSCI is able to supply information on the number of care homes and places in its regions, of which there are nine in England. These data are shown in the following table.
Region Homes Places East Midlands 1,605 40,809 Eastern 1,859 45,933 London 2,012 40,314 North East 948 25,723 North West 2,237 61,631 South East 3,642 79,418 South West 2,634 56,479 West Midlands 1,931 44,446 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,713 47,967 Totals 18,581 442,720 Note: Numbers include residential homes for older people and for younger adults (aged 18-65). Source: CSCI registration and inspection database—snapshot on 13 March 2007.
Information on the costs of care home places is not collected centrally.