§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the numbers of (a) consultant psychiatrists, (b) qualified nurses, (c) other nurses, (d) clinical psychologists, (e) speech therapists, (f) physiotherapists and (g) occupational therapists in mental handicap hospitals in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information available on consultants and nursing staff is set out in the following table. Figures for other staff groups are not available centrally.
Consultants in Mental Handicap Qualified Nurses Other Nurses 1973 17.0 1,060.0 1,495.0 1974 16.0 1,087.0 1,515.0 1975 17.0 1,143.0 1,764.0 1976 17.0 1,106.0 1,731.0 1977 15.0 1,139.0 1,764.0 1978 13.0 1,227.0 1,582.0 1979 14.0 1,208.5 2,073.1 1980 13.0 1,298.3 2,129.3 1981 13.6 1,377.0 2,288.7 1982 13.6 1,408.8 2,242.8 Notes:
1. All manpower numbers are whole-time equivalents at 30 September each year.
2. Numbers include all staff, whether working in designated mental deficiency hospitals or in mental deficiency wards or units of other hospitals.
3. In addition such hospitals and units have general psychiatrists with an interest in mental handicap: information on the number of such joint appointments is not available centrally.
4. 1982 figures are provisional.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the number of first admissions to mental handicap hospitals in Scotland by age groups in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe number of first admissions to mental handicap hospitals in Scotland by age group in each of the last 10 years—1971–1980 latest years available—is as follows: