§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will indicate the departmental guidelines or provision for residential places and day-care facilities for (a) the mentally handicapped and (b) the mentally ill; and the actual provision of Lancashire county council, Sefton, St. Helens, and Knowsley councils.
MENTAL HANDICAP Residential Places for Adult Training Centre Places Juniors Adults Local Authority Number Rate/1,000 population aged under 16 Net Number Rate/1,000 population aged 16 and over Number Rate/1,000 total population Lancashire CC … … … 124 0.38 590 0.56 1,132 0.82 Sefton … … … 15 0.19 78 0.34 218 0.71 St. Helens … … … 11 0.21 51 0.36 272 1.40 Knowsley … … … 2 0.03 54 0.42 227 1.20 Departmental national guidelines … … … — 0.44 — 0.78 — 1.50
MENTAL ILLNESS Residential places for mentally ill adults Day centre places for the mentally ill Local Authority Number Rate/1,000 total population Number Rate/1,000 total population Lancashire CC … 52 0.04 0* 0.00* Sefton … 15 0.05 24 0.08 St. Helens … 20 0.10 0 0.00 Knowsley … 5 0.03 25 0.13 Departmental national guidelines … — 0.19 to 0.30 — 0.60 * Lancashire CC has a day centre of 150 places not allocated to a specific group. Information available centrally does not show how many of these places, if any, are used by the mentally ill.