§ Mr. D. Jonesasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that children who have to be detained for long periods in the Sedgefield General Hospital are being deprived of any educational facilities because the body responsible have not, or will not, make a formal application to the appropriate education 148W authority to provide this in accordance with Ministry of Education Circular No. 179; and what steps he proposes to take to remedy this matter.
§ Mr. Marquand:No. I am informed, on the contrary, that at the request of the hospital management committee some months ago the local education authority have agreed to provide educational facilities at this hospital.
§ Mr. D. Jonesasked the Minister of Health if he will publish a list of the hospitals within the administrative county of Durham where no educational facilities are either provided or have been asked for in accordance with the Ministry of Education Circular No. 179.
§ Mr. Marquand:Normans Riding Hospital and Shotley Bridge General Hospital, at both of which the matter is under consideration, and the Hartlepools Hospital, where there is no regular long-stay children's unit. The circular to which my hon. Friend refers was not addressed to hospital authorities.