§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide full details of the use made by each regional health authority of the money allocated to it for the establishment of regional secure psychiatric units which has been used other than for this purpose.
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Mr. PattenInformation collected by the Department shows that, when regional health authorities are unable to spend all of their RSU allocation on the provision of secure facilities, they are, as we have requested, spending most of the remaining funds on other psychiatric services. More detailed information on its use is not available centrally.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects regional secure psychiatric units to be established in each regional health authority area; and what steps he is taking to improve progress.
§ Mr. John PattenI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 7 March at columns618–619. In addition to the five permanent regional secure units which were open in March, a 36-bed unit at St. Andrew's hospital, Norwich admitted its first patients in May and a 48-bed unit at Fieldhead hospital, Wakefield, became operational on 31 July. A 20-bed unit for adolescents at Prestwich hospital, Manchester, is completed and is due to open in October 1984. I am sending the hon. Member a table which
Revenue Allocations £ thousands RSU revenue allocations Regional Health Authority 1983–84 1984–85 1976–77 to 1984–85 Revenue expenditure on provision of secure facilities Northern 750 780 5,210 2,750 Yorkshire 865 895 5,970 3,000 Trent 1,110 1,150 7,660 900 East Anglian 440 455 3,030 460 North-West Thames 850 880 5,820 1,290 North-East Thames 915 945 6,260 600 South-East Thames 505 525 4,940 2,170 Bethlem and Maudsley SHA 380 395 1,140 360 South-West Thames 710 735 4,890 2,000 Wessex 640 665 4,440 2,010 Oxford 535 555 3,690 900 South-Western 765 790 5,280 840 West Midlands 1,265 1,310 8,730 2,530 Mersey 610 630 4,210 1,830 North-Western 1,000 1,035 6,900 2,720 Total 11,340 11,745 78,170 24,350 Note: Figures are independently rounded.
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Capital allocations Amounts in £ thousands Regional health authority RSU capital allocations and expenditure 1977–78 to 1983–84 Northern 1,200 Yorkshire 1,630 Trent 2,690 East Anglian 1,680 North-West Thames 520 North-East Thames 340 South-East Thames *6,120 South-West Thames — Wessex 290 Oxford — South-Western 2,460 West Midlands 300 Mersey 2,140 North-Western 4,040 Total 23,400 summarises the latest information available on RSUs, including estimated opening dates of units under construction or planned.
We are now seeing real progress across the country in the establishment of regional secure units. We will continue to take a close interest in this developing service and to encourage regional health authorities to make further progress.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the special revenue allocation for 1983–84 and 1984–85 made to each regional health authority for regional secure psychiatric units, the total revenue capital received so far by each regional health authority, and the amount so far spent by each regional health authority on regional secure units.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is set out in the tables. Information on revenue expenditure on the provision of secure facilities is not yet available for 1983–84. No capital allocations have yet been made in 1984–85.
* Includes Bethlem and Maudsley SHA.
Note: Figures are independently rounded.