HC Deb 19 July 1984 vol 64 c328W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many beds there are in each regional health authority's drug dependence unit.

Mr. John Patten

The latest available information is given in the table. The figures exclude available beds which are located in general psychiatric wards.

Beds reported as available in special in-patient units and wards in mental illness hospitals and units in England at 31 December 1982
Regional Health Authority Drug addiction Joint alcoholism/drug addiction
Northern Nil 18
Yorkshire Nil 12
Trent Nil 16
East Anglian Nil Nil
North West Thames Nil 57
North East Thames Nil Nil
South East Thames 46 Nil
South West Thames Nil Nil
Wessex Nil Nil
Oxford 11 Nil
South Western Nil Nil
West Midlands Nil 27
Mersey Nil 28
North Western 6 Nil
Special Health Authorities 21 Nil
Total 84 158