§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the estimated cost at November 1976 prices of care of someone severely mentally and physically handicapped by cerebral palsy in a residential home from the age of 16 to 65 years.
§ Mr. MoyleFigures are not available for the cost of care in a residential home of people mentally and physically handicapped by particular causes. The weekly cost of caring for a mentally handicapped adult in local authority residential accommodation in England in 1975–76 was about £33. This figure excludes capital and administrative costs. Many mentally handicapped people who also have physical handicaps and cannot live at home will be in mental handicap hospitals. In 1975–76 the provisional weekly cost of caring for patients of all ages in these hospitals was £65, excluding capital but including administrative costs.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the life expectancy of someone severely handicapped both physically and mentally by cerebral palsy who has reached the age of 25 years.