Will the Cabinet Secretary outline how much of the older people care sector is a) in public ownership, b) in private ownership, or c) in charity or similar ownership, and the total amount of private profit made from this sector every year?
As part of the registration process under the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, the regulator, Care Inspectorate Wales, collects data relating to the governance structure of adult care services such as adult care homes, domiciliary care service providers and adult placement schemes. Below is the current position[1].
|
Provider Type |
Care Home Service |
Domiciliary Support Service |
Adult Placement Scheme |
|
Charitable Company |
49 |
81 |
2 |
|
Charitable Incorporated Organisation |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
Charitable Trust |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Individual Provider |
27 |
4 |
0 |
|
Limited Company |
812 |
644 |
0 |
|
Limited Liability Partnership |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
Local Authority |
92 |
22 |
6 |
|
Local Health Board |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Partnership |
21 |
4 |
0 |
|
Other Corporate Body |
14 |
7 |
0 |
|
Total |
1026 |
766 |
8 |
Service providers are not required to report on their annual profits to the regulator.
[1] Data provided by Care Inspectorate Wales 5 September 2025