§ Mr. Miscampbellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he proposes to take to provide accommodation in the North-West for juveniles in need of mental care and supervision.
§ Dr. John DunwoodyIn the Liverpool and Manchester Regions there are seven special units providing 119 beds for210W mentally ill children and adolescents. A further unit of 25 beds is due to open in the next six months and four providing 80 more beds are planned. These units are unsuitable for a few children with such severe behaviour disorders that they need prolonged social training in a restricted setting. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department intends, under Section 64 of the Children's and Young Persons Act, 1969, to set up homes for children who are too severely disturbed for their needs to be satisfactorily met in other child care establishments but cannot suitably be treated in hospital.