§ Mr. Mayhewasked the Minister of Health if he will state, for the latest convenient period, what the average length of stay was of patients in the ten mental hospitals having the lowest weekly cost of maintenance per patient; and what was the average length of stay of patients in the ten mental hospitals having the highest cost of maintenance per patient.
§ Mr. Vaughan-MorganI regret that the figures of average length of stay of patients discharged from individual mental hospitals are not readily available. The comparison the hon. Member has asked for cannot therefore be made without considerable analysis which I do not think would be justified. I am, however, writing to the hon. Member.