Health written question – answered at on 13 December 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) how many and what proportion of private sector care homes are owned by companies who own more than one home;
(2) how many (a) private, (b) public and (c) voluntary sector care homes for the elderly were subject to regulation and inspection by the Commission for Social Care Inspection in each of the last five years.
We have been informed by the chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that it does not collect information on the proportion of private sector care homes owned by companies which own more than one home. CSCI inspects and regulates each individual service and not the organisation running the home.
The following table shows counts of the numbers of care homes regulated against the Care Homes Regulations 2001 and National Minimum Standards (NMS) for Care Homes for Older People year on year (which will be less than the total numbers of homes registered).
Type of home | |||||
As at 31 March | Private | Local authority | Voluntary | NHS | Other( 1) |
2006-07 | 8,617 | 783 | 1,035 | 15 | 115 |
2005-06 | 8,642 | 828 | 1,093 | 13 | 95 |
2004-05 | 8,796 | 871 | 1,095 | 14 | 89 |
2003-04 | 9,020 | 915(3) | 1,130 | 13 | 89 |
2002-03 | 8,768 | 158(3) | 1,037 | 10 | 76 |
(1) CSCI inspects homes against the NMS for Care Homes for Younger Adults (aged 18-64) or the NMS for Care Homes for Older People. Homes are classified by CSCI as homes for younger adults or for older people depending on the set of NMS against which they are inspected. The decision about the set of standards used is based on the relative numbers of older people (aged 65 plus) or younger adults (aged 18-64) resident at the time of inspection. Notes: 1. Homes chose how they are classified during the registration process. "Other" includes any form of ownership not covered by the principal four categories. 2. When the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC) database was established in 2002, the process of registration of homes was staggered. Local authority services were registered after private and voluntary services. The increase in numbers between 2002-03 and 2003-04 does not represent an increase in homes, but in the number registered with NCSC. Source: CSCI Registration and Inspection database. |
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