§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in respect of the Moray and Nairn constituency, how many hospital beds are devoted to the mentally sick and handicapped as a percentage of the total number of beds; what provision is made for after-care facilities for the mentally sick and handicapped; and how much was expended in the past three years on the various aspects of after-care for the mentally sick and handicapped.
§ Mr. Harry EwingThe number* of beds is as follows:
Moray and Nairn Constituency area
Number of mental illness and mental deficiency beds—163
Total number of beds—424
Mental illness and mental deficiency beds as percentage of total—38 per cent.
(*Figures represent average available staffed beds for the year ending March 1977).
Details of local authority and health board provision of and expenditure on after-care facilities in the hon. Member's constituency are not available centrally. I am asking the Highland Health Board and Regional Council and the Grampian Health Board and Regional Council to write to the hon. Member giving the relevant information.