HC Deb 01 November 1988 vol 139 cc594-5W
Mr. Hood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what is the average cost per in-patient treated for mental illness(a) per month and (b) per year;

(2) what is the average cost per out-patient treated for mental illness (a) per month and (b) per year.

Mrs. Currie

For information on average treatment costs in 1986–87 I refer the hon. Member to the annual publication "Health Services Costing Returns", mentioned in my reply to him on 7 June 1988 at column578.

Information on treatment costs in 1987–88 is not yet available.

Mr. Hood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children have been taken into care, suffering from mental illness in the United Kingdom annually since 1979.

Mrs. Currie

I regret that we do not hold this information centrally.