Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Friday, 6 April 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 April 2001. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 23 April 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many day centres for people with learning difficulties have been closed in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01. - No figures given and fact that is not collected centrally.

Answer: Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many day centres for people with learning difficulties have been closed in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01. [158084] Mr. Hutton: Information on closures of day centres is not collected centrally. Set out in the table are the numbers of day centres for people with learning disabilities during a survey week in September for 1995 to 1998 for England. Collection of data on numbers of day care centres ceased in 1998. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Day centres for people with learning disabilities 1995 1,030 1996 1,020 1997 1,270 1998 {1}2,600 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} For 1998 the figures also include the number of residential care homes which provide day care to non-residents. Source: DH form DC3

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 158084; 367 c176W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Disability Health services Learning disability Social services Day care services
Contains statistics: Yes
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