§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of the Health Service budget is spent on outpatient services and day care centres for the mentally ill.
§ Mr. John PattenThe estimated proportion of the hospital and community health services' total current expenditure in England for 1981–82 spent on outpatient services for mentally ill people and psychiatric day patient services was 1.2 per cent. Information on the family practitioner services' spending on mentally ill people is not separately available.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many mental patients have been discharged from hospital this year and are known not to have returned to their families.
§ Mr. PattenThe information requested is not collected centrally.