§ 29. Mr. MANDERasked the Home Secretary whether, in the event of persons being referred by the Juvenile Courts for psycho-therapeutic treatment, any contribution is made from public funds towards the cost?
§ Mr. CLYNESIf the hon. Member has in mind treatment as distinct from observation and examination, the answer is in the negative.
§ Mr. MANDERDoes the Home Office possess any power under any Act to grant such maintenance or assistance?
§ Mr. CLYNESNot so far as I know.
§ 55. Mr. MANDERasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there are only two or three clinics in the whole of the British Isles which are able to give concentrated psycho-therapeutic treatment to persons with functional nervous disorders; that one clinic in London dealing with this type of patient on these lines has a waiting list of between two and three hundred persons; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Miss Lawrence)Treatment of the special type which my right hon. Friend understands the hon. Member to have in mind is available in the normal course for suitable cases at many institutions for the treatment of mental disorder, and 1463 the Mental Treatment Bill will facilitate further provision on these lines. My right hon. Friend had not previously been informed of the difficulty indicated in the second part of the question.
§ Mr. MANDERMay I convey to the right hon. Gentleman some information in regard to this matter?