HC Deb 17 February 1958 vol 582 c110W
The Rev. Ll. Williams

asked the Minister of Health the average weekly cost per inmate in the mental deficiency and the mental hospitals.

Mr. Walker-Smith

For mental deficiency and mental hospitals administered by hospital management committees in England and Wales, the average weekly cost of maintaining a patient in the year ended 31st March, 1957, was £5 10s. 6d. and £5 17s. 8d. respectively.