§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what was the total revenue expenditure on services for the mentally ill for the East Anglian Regional Health Authority for 1975–76 and for each area health authority within that region;
461W(2) what was the total revenue expenditure in 1975–76 on services for the mentally ill in the North-East Thames Regional Health Authority and for each area health authority within that region:
(3) what was the total revenue expenditure on services for the mentally ill in 1975–76 for the North-Western Regional Health Authority and for each area health authority within that region;
(4) what was the total revenue expenditure on services for the mentally ill for 1975–76 for the North-Western Thames Regional Health Authority and for each area health authority within that region.
§ Mr. MoyleIt is not possible from the accounts of NHS authorities to identify expenditure on the treatment of patients suffering from specified diseases or conditions, except where treatment is given in hospitals in which the beds are provided exclusively or predominantly for the use of a single specialty. Services for the mentally ill are provided not only in such special purpose hospitals but frequently in acute and other hospitals, and also as part of the community health services. I regret, therefore, that the information is not available in the form requested.
Expenditure in 1975–76 of area health authorities within these four regional health authorities on hospitals specifically designated as psychiatric (mental illness) was as follows:
EAST ANGLIAN REGION £ Area Health Authority— Cambridgeshire 2,478,8883 Norfolk 5,406,814 Suffolk 3,386,213 Total for Region 11,271,910 462W
NORTH-WESTERN REGION £ Area Health Authority— Lancashire 5,791,019 Salford (Teaching) 4,947,851 Stockport 198,545 Bolton NIL Bury NIL Manchester (Teaching) NIL Oldham NIL Rochdale NIL Tameside NIL Trafford NIL Wigan NIL Total for Region 10,937,415
NORTH-EAST THAMES REGION £ Area Health Authority— Essex 6,752,418 Barking and Havering 4,057,462 Camden and Islington 5,343,652 City and East London 1,191,067 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 8,153,044 Enfield and Haringey NIL Total for Region 25,497,643
NORTH-WEST THAMES REGION £ Area Health Authority— Bedfordshire 3,104,069 Hertfordshire 2,605,975 Barnet 4,583,483 Brent and Harrow 5,030,002 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow (Teaching) 5,946,572 Hillingdon NIL Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster (Teaching) 7,773,843 Total for Region 29,043,944
§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total expenditure on services for the mentally ill for 1975–76 for each local authority within the London Central Region, Regional Planning Area No. 8 of the Social Work Service.
§ Mr. MoyleSome local authority services—e.g., field social work services—are of a general nature, and it is not practicable to separate out expenditure on these into expenditure on specific client groups. Thus, total expenditure by individual local authorities on services for the mentally ill cannot be identified.