Funded places in care homes and adult placements
An interesting Parliamentary asnwer tells us how many residential and nursing home care places are funded by local authorities under the National Assistance Act (basically through the community care system but the legislation actually goes back to 1948).
Mr. Stephen O’Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many adults have received support under section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948 in each year since 1997. [298302]
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Phil Hope: Section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948 empowers local authorities to support people in residential and nursing care. Data on the number of adults—aged 18 and over—in local authority supported registered residential and nursing care is collected and published by the NHS Information Centre for health and social care via the Supported Residents (SRI) return.
Table 1 shows the numbers of adults—aged 18 and over—in local authority funded residential and nursing care, including numbers in adult placements/Shared Lives, as at 31 March for the years 1997 to 2005 in England.
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| Table 1: Total( 1) number of clients aged 18 and over in receipt of local authority funded residential or nursing care as at 31 March, England | |
| Rounded number | |
| Total of all supported residents, England | |
| 1997 | 242,100 |
| 1998 | 255,500 |
| 1999 | 260,700 |
| 2000 | 265,400 |
| 2001 | 261,800 |
| 2002 | 264,800 |
| 2003(2) | 284,100 |
| 2004(2, 3) | 278,000 |
| 2005(2, 3) | 266,200 |
| Notes: (1) Includes people in voluntary and private registered residential, general and mental health nursing homes, adults in un-staffed homes and adult placements/Shared Lives. (2) Includes clients formerly in receipt of preserved rights. (3) Includes Boyd loophole residents. Source: SRI Return, table S1. |
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From 2006, the numbers in adult placements/Shared Lives were collected separately. Table 2 shows the numbers of adults—aged 18 and over—in local authority funded residential and nursing care and numbers in adult placements/Shared Lives, as at 31 March for the years 2006 to 2008 in England. Information for 2009 is expected to be published in early 2010.
| Table 2: Total( 1) number of clients aged 18 and over in receipt of local authority funded residential or nursing care as at 31 March, England | |||
| Rounded number | |||
| Total of all supported residents
( 1) |
Total of all supported residents in registered( 2) accommodation | Adult Placements/Shared lives | |
| 2006(3, 4) |
259,200 |
256,900 |
2,200 |
| 2007(3, 4) |
250,200 |
247,300 |
2,900 |
| 2008(3, 4) |
239,100 |
236,100 |
2,900 |
| Notes: (1) Includes people in voluntary and private registered residential, general and mental health nursing homes, adults in un-staffed homes and adult placements/Shared Lives. (2) Registered accommodation excludes adult placements/Shared Lives. These data were collected separately from 2006 onwards. (3) Includes clients formerly in receipt of preserved rights. (4) Includes Boyd loophole residents. Source: SRI Return, table S1. |
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