§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many adult training centre places were available for mentally handicapped adults in each of the last five years; and in each case, how many of these were full-time and how many part-time.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe number of places available on 31 March each year since 1976 was as follows:
Number 1976 36,638 1977 38,682 1978 40,787 1979 42,061 1980 42,337 Information on the numbers occupied full-time or part-time is not collected centrally.
Perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates by social class—legitimate births only—for the area health authorities within the Mersey regional health authority 1977–78. *Total Social Class I II III IV V Cheshire Perinatal† 17 15 12 19 18 20 Neonatal‡ 9 8 6 10 9 8 Infant‡ 13 11 10 14 12 14 Liverpool Perinatal 16 17 9 14 20 18 Neonatal 8 10 7 7 11 5 Infant 12 12 10 9 19 8 St Helens and Knowsley Perinatal 17 12 12 15 22 20 Neonatal 11 9 9 10 15 13 Infant 16 12 11 13 20 21 Sefton Perinatal 15 10 20 12 15 10 Neonatal 7 8 8 6 8 2 Infant 11 8 12 11 13 8 Wirral Perinatal 14 9 11 16 11 21 Neonatal 6 3 4 7 4 9 Infant 11 6 9 11 12 19 * The totals include residual social groups not ascribed to social class I to V. † Rate per 1,000 total—live and still-legitimate births. ‡ Rate per 1,000 live legitimate births. Note: Many of the rates are based on small numbers of deaths and should be used with caution.