How many (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) local authority (i) care homes and (ii) care home places there have been in each year since 199…

The following tables show thenumber of private, voluntary and local authority care homes and care home placesfor adults in Scotland since March 2000. The figures relate to care homes forall user groups and include homes for older people, homes for adults with physicaldisabilities, homes for adults with mental health problems, homes for adults withlearning disabilities and other adult care homes.
Comparable figures for 1997 to1999 are not available.
(i) Private, voluntary and localauthority care homes for adults, March 2000 to September 2004

| March
2000
| March
2001
| March
2002
| March
2003
| September
2003
| March
2004
| September
2004

(a) Private
| 800
| 789
| 772
| 746
| 742
| 741
| 732

(b) Voluntary
| 630
| 611
| 569
| 548
| 547
| 543
| 537

(c) Local Authority
| 278
| 270
| 267
| 262
| 264
| 262
| 255

Total
| 1,708
| 1,670
| 1,608
| 1,556
| 1,553
| 1,546
| 1,524


(ii) Private, voluntary and localauthority care home places for adults, March 2000 to September 2004

| March
2000
| March
2001
| March
2002
| March
2003
| September
2003
| March
2004
| September
2004

(a) Private
| 29,296
| 29,165
| 28,969
| 28,719
| 28,745
| 29,051
| 29,071

(b) Voluntary
| 9,230
| 8,657
| 8,288
| 7,964
| 7,945
| 7,837
| 7,777

(c) Local Authority
| 7,336
| 6,950
| 6,704
| 6,615
|