§ Mr. Michael Cocksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the average weekly cost of maintaining a psychiatric long-stay patient for the years 1960 to 1970, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonSeparate costs for all psychiatric long-stay patients are not available For the years 1960–61 to 1970–71 the average cost per in-patient week in Regional Hospital Board hospitals classified as psychiatric were as follows:
Psychiatric Hospitals Mental Illness Mental Handicap £ £ 1960–61 8.37 7.48 1961–62 9.14 8.10 1962–63 9.77 8.63 1963–64 10.47 9.08 1964–65 11.30 9.88 1965–66 12.61 10.88 1966–67 13.55 11.58 1967–68 14.37 12.28 1968–69 16.07 13.49 1969–70 17.63 14.96 1970–71 21.39 18.86 Average costs up to and including 1968–69 relate to England and Wales and thereafter to England only.