§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the extra benefit expenditure that would have been incurred in respect of (a) short-term and (b) long-term national insurance benefits in each benefit year from 1980–81 to 1983–84 if the method of uprating child dependency additions that was used in 1979 had also been used (i) at the uprating of the start of the benefit year in question and (ii) at each uprating since 1979.
§ Dr. Boyson[pursuant to his reply, 16 December 1983, c. 628]: There is no prescribed method of adjusting child dependency additions to take account of increases in the rate of child benefit, and the statutory provisions allow a wide degree of discretion. On the assumption that the approach used in 1979 had been followed consistently rather than that used in 1977–78, the estimated extra expenditure on national insurance benefits would have been as follows:
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsInformation on numbers of admissions is contained in the following table. The rates per 100,00 population may be derived from this table together with appendix (iii) of "Mental Health Statistics for Wales 1983", a copy of which is in the Library, and which was sent by the Department to the hon. Gentleman last month.
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Age group Clwyd East Dyfed Pembrokeshire Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan 25–34 235 106 — 157 — 126 31 155 86 35–44 227 130 — 166 — 131 29 154 131 45–54 226 92 — 199 — 198 28 171 125 55–64 225 136 — 234 — 150 40 189 121 65–74 232 125 — 255 — 184 46 163 152 75+ 232 88 — 249 — 173 26 242 325 All ages 1,510 733 — 1,354 — 1,014 209 1,172 992
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report details of the first admissions by sex, age and health district to mental illness hospitals and units, expressed per hundred thousand of the population.
First admissions to mental illness hospitals and units: 1982 Age group Clwyd East Dyfed Pembrokeshire Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Males: Under 5 — — — — — 1 — 3 — 5–9 5 — — 3 — — — 1 — 10–15 22 1 — 10 — — — 7 — 16–19 19 6 — 11 — 6 2 12 13 20–24 50 21 — 34 — 20 2 23 14 25–34 84 27 — 54 — 62 9 42 34 35–44 69 26 — 49 — 47 6 23 21 45–54 58 24 — 34 — 24 5 23 24 55–64 42 19 — 45 — 35 3 27 17 65–74 53 24 — 47 — 46 7 19 42 75+ 50 22 — 40 — 47 12 38 52 All ages 452 170 — 327 — 288 46 218 217 Females: Under 5 — — — — — — — 2 — 5–9 — — — 1 — — — — — 10–15 15 1 — 6 — — — 8 — 16–19 21 5 — 24 — 11 4 10 19 20–24 33 13 — 20 — 19 3 15 16 25–34 85 42 — 65 — 48 15 32 33 35–44 79 34 — 58 — 40 10 34 38 45–54 61 23 — 59 — 51 6 29 35 55–64 55 33 — 57 — 52 5 30 35 65–74 81 38 — 79 — 67 16 31 49 75+ 119 43 — 94 — 88 19 72 102 All ages 549 232 — 463 — 376 78 263 327
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish details for hospital first admissions by sex, diagnostic group and health district expressed per hundred thousand of the population, in the latest year for which figures are available, expressed by numbers and rates per hundred thousand of the population;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of hospital readmissions by sex, diagnostic group and health district in the latest year for which figures are available, expressed per hundred thousand of the population;
(3) if he will publish details of hospital admissions by sex, source of referral and health district for the latest year for which figures are available, publishing the number of admissions and also their percentage distribution;
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§ Mr. Wyn RobertsInformation on the number of first admissions is given in the following table. Rates per 100,000 population may be derived from this table together with the age-specific population data contained in appendix (iii) of "Mental Health Statistics for Wales 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.
(4) if he will publish the numbers of admissions to individual hospitals in each health district in Wales by admission and first admission.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThis information is not available since order of admission and source of referral are data fields collected only for the psychiatric sector.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish details of all admissions to mental illness hospitals and units by diagnostic group and health district for the latest year for which figures are available, expressed by numbers and rates per hundred thousand of the population;
(2) if he will publish details of the readmissions by sex, age and health district to mental illness hospitals and units 213W in Wales in the latest year for which figures are available, expressed by numbers and rates per hundred thousand of the population;
(3) if he will publish in the Official Report details of the readmissions by sex, age and diagnostic group to mental illness hospitals and units in Wales and by health district for the latest year for which figures are available;
(4) if he will publish in the Official Report the figures for the latest year available of all admissions by sex, age, diagnostic group and health district to mental illness hospitals and units in Wales, expressed numerically;
(5) if he will publish in the Official Report details of the first admissions by sex, age and diagnostic group to mental illness hospitals and units in Wales and by health district;
(6) if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers of discharges and deaths by sex, age and health district for the latest year for which figures are available;
(7) if he will publish in the Official Report the discharges and deaths by sex, duration of stay and health district numerically and as a percentage distribution for the latest year for which figures are available;
(8) if he will publish details of the admission by sex, age, area of treatment and county of residence for the latest year for which figures are available to mental illness hospitals and units in Wales;
(9) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of admissions to mental illness and mental handicap hospitals in Wales by legal status and by reasons for referral, specifying where users are detained and under which section of the Mental Health Act they are so detained.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI shall reply to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish details of the admissions to mental illness hospitals and units in Wales by sex, county of residence and health district, expressed numerically and per thousand population.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsFor information on admissions I refer the hon. Gentleman to table 2.5 of the publication "Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983" a copy of which is in the Library. Rates per thousand population may then be derived from the age-specific population data contained in appendix (iii) of the same publication.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the numbers of discharges by recommended after-care from mental illness hospitals and units in Wales for the latest year for which figures are available and by percentage distribution.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to table 1.15 of the publication "Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish in the Official Report details of the estimated resident patients by sex, age and health district in each mental illness hospital and unit in Wales, expressed by duration of stay;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report details of the estimated numbers of resident patients by sex, age and duration of stay in mental illness hospitals and units in Wales.
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§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information required is contained in table 2 of the publication entitled "Census of Patients in Mental Illness Hospitals and Units", a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of patients discharged within one month and within one year of admission to mental health hospitals and units in Wales for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to tables 3.2, 6.4 and 6.5 of the publication "Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report details of the numbers of resident patients of mental health hospitals and units by individual hospital for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to tables 3.3 and 6.3 of the publication "Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the number of beds, patients and special units expressed as the number of available staff beds and the number of resident patients and as a percentage of their occupancy during special inpatient unit or wards in each mental illness hospital and unit in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI regret that I am unable to understand the question as posed.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report details of the number of outpatients and day patients in the latest year for which figures are available expressed as new patients, attendances, places allocated for day patients and inpatients as an annual total and as the number of patients attending on a particular day at main hospitals and day hospitals for mental illness in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to table 3.5 of the publication "Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report details of the admissions to mental illness and mental handicap hospitals and units by sex, order of admission, legal status and mental category for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to table 7.3 of the publication "Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report details of mental illness and mental handicap hospital admissions by legal status and source of referral for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to table 7.4 of the publication "Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what were the numbers of patients from Wales 215W admitted to special hospitals in England by county of residence for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to table 7.2 of the publication "Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report details of the discharges and deaths by sex, age and duration of stay from mental illness hospitals and units in Wales for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to table 2.6 of the publication "Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report details of the discharges and deaths by sex, diagnostic group and duration of stay from mental illness hospitals and units in Wales for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to table 2.9 of the publication -Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish details of the discharges by sex, age and recommended after-care from mental illness hospitals and units in Wales for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to table 2..12 of the publication "Mental Health Statistics for Wales, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library.