§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to arrange for a further national survey of the use of electro-convulsive therapy before information from the Mental Health Minimum Data Set becomes fully available in 2003. [133946]
§ Mr. HuttonThere are no current plans to conduct a future national survey on the use of electro-convulsive therapy before information from the Mental Health Minimum Data Set becomes fully available in 2003. It is expected that more useful data and reliable information will be obtained from this source.