§ Dr. Stuttafordasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the annual clothing allowance made for ambulant long-stay patients in psychiatric hospitals.
§ Mr. AlisonThere is no standard allowance. Hospitals provide for such patients clothing needed to supplement what they own personally. National expenditure figures are not separately available for psychiatric hospitals. Improvement of personal clothing was
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1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 £ £ £ £ £ £ COUNTY COUNCILS Surrey 882 1,811 2,590 2,891 3,310 4,199 Nottingham 3,447 3,546 3,608 3,631 3,557 3,968 Huntingdon and Peterborough 2,520 6,465 5,303 4,388 3,589 3,743 Leicester 1,503 1,885 2,173 2,787 3,087 3,659 Derby 2,909 3,085 4,035 3,060 3,249 3,408 Essex 1,679 2,495 2,877 3,229 3,080 3,289 Somerset 1,553 2,155 2,456 2,937 3,021 3,147 Hereford 2,449 2,976 3,218 3,097 3,393 3,113 Hampshire 1,348 1,422 1,492 1,522 618 3,107 Sussex (West) 1,624 1,925 2,732 2,980 2,508 3,067 Durham 2,071 2,155 2,766 3,158 3,860 2,982 Westmorland 3,796 4,450 5,466 6,199 7,478 2,907 Wiltshire 1,470 1,631 1,971 1,817 2,601 2,756 Kent 1,871 1,855 2,003 1,975 2,638 2,746 Salop 1,372 1,543 1,418 1,177 3,211 2,727 Cambridge and Isle of Ely 1,082 1,300 1,353 1,337 2,501 2,578 Buckingham 1,905 3,076 3,025 2,913 2,526 2,574 Lincoln (Kesteven) 1,028 1,181 1,404 1,629 2,131 2,444 Bedford 1,516 1,896 1,968 1,789 2,074 2,231 Hertford 899 689 837 1,113 2,186 2,205 Lincoln (Lindsey) 1,729 1,616 1,883 2,257 2,293 2,122 Northumberland 1,329 1,424 1,644 1,649 1,404 2,063 Lancashire 1,577 1,578 1,920 2,021 2,720 2,034 Suffolk (East) 1,839 1,980 1,907 1,957 2,257 2,015 Suffolk (West) 619 973 651 793 262 1,915 Yorkshire (East Riding) 1,321 1,712 1,657 1,656 1,906 1,906 Worcester 677 712 908 1,124 1,362 1,818 Northampton 1,471 1,130 1,247 1,075 1,263 1,811 Devon 1,137 1,189 1,541 1,414 1,361 1,793 Lincoln (Holland) 1,218 1,847 1,362 1,369 1,930 1,793 Gloucester 733 837 994 1,080 1,155 1,692 Yorkshire (North Riding) 596 1,035 2,092 676 1,488 1,679 Warwick 2,029 1,958 1,809 1,846 2,007 1,638 Berkshire 1,282 1,358 1,401 1,464 1,449 1,565 Rutland 760 1,046 1,043 1,486 1,467 1,515 Sussex (East) 986 909 988 1,039 1,295 1,425 Cumberland 934 955 1,025 838 1,217 1,363 Stafford 1,647 1,707 1,983 2,027 1,210 1,302 Yorkshire (West Riding) 965 771 733 877 898 1,208 Norfolk 427 526 567 729 777 1,175 one of the purposes of recent additional allocations to regional hospital boards.