HC Deb 26 November 1975 vol 901 cc184-8W
Mrs. Chalker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many beds in hostels and lodging houses, voluntary and statutory, are available to people discharged from psychiatric hospitals in each of the major local authority areas in England and Wales.

Dr. Owen

The total numbers of places available on 31st March 1975 in England in voluntary and local authority residential homes and hostels for those who are or have been mentally ill are shown in the following table. These include places for those discharged from psychiatric hospitals, for whom separate figures are not available. A number of places are also available in private and commercial establishments. Information about numbers in Wales is a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend, the Secretary of State for Wales.

Local authority homes Voluntary homes Total
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Humberside 11 11
North Yorkshire 34 34
Metropolitan County: South Yorkshire Districts
Barnsley
Doncaster
Rotherham 20 20
Sheffield 48 48
Metropolitan County: West Yorkshire Districts
Bradford 44 44
Calderdale 6 6
Kirklees 28 28
Leeds 60 60
Wakefield
NORTH WESTERN REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Cheshire 37 37
Lancashire 29 20
Metropolitan County: Greater Manchester Districts
Bolton 21 21
Bury 24 24
Manchester 85 12 97
Oldham
Rochdale 10 10
Salford 22 22
Stockport 28 28
Tameside 6 6
Trafford 7 7
Wigan
Metropolitan County: Merseyside Districts
Knowsley
Liverpool 24 24
Sefton
St. Helens 19 19
Wirral 78 78
WEST MIDLANDS REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Hereford and Worcester 35 35
Salop 19 19
Staffordshire 80 80
Warwickshire 19 19
Metropolitan County: West Midlands Districts
Birmingham 21 21
Coventry 20 14 34
Dudley
Sandwell 47 47
Solihull
Walsall
Wolverhampton
EAST MIDLANDS REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Derbyshire 12 12
Leicestershire 37 37
Lincolnshire 24 24
Northamptonshire 40 40
Nottinghamshire 25 25

Local authority homes Voluntary homes Total
LONDON NORTH REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Bedfordshire 8 8
Berkshire 9 15 24
Buckinghamshire 36 36
Cambridgeshire
Essex 32 32
Hertfordshire 91 91
Norfolk 30 30
Oxfordshire 22 22
Suffolk 29 35 64
LONDON CENTRAL REGION
Camden 7 40 47
Greenwich 27 27
Hackney 12 12
Hammersmith 8 8
Islington 30 30
Kensington
Lambeth
Lewisham 56 56
Southwark 12 12
Tower Hamlets 23 23
Wandsworth 29 29
Westminster 25 25
City of London
Barking 16 16
Barnet 30 53 83
Bexley
Brent 33 24 57
Bromley 34 20 54
Croydon 45 74 119
Ealing 19 19
Enfield 26 26
Haringey
Harrow 37 37
Havering 25 18 43
Hillingdon 31 31
Hounslow 31 23 54
Kingston-upon-Thames
Merton 8 66 74
Newham 37 37
Redbridge 11 11
Richmond-upon-Thames 8 27 35
Sutton 16 29 45
Waltham Forest 6 20 26
SOUTHERN REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Dorset 85 85
Hampshire 41 47 88
Isle of Wight
Kent 87 170 257
Surrey 36 85 121
East Sussex 45 8 53
West Sussex 23 10 33
Wiltshire 23 23
SOUTH WESTERN REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Avon 43 20 63
Cornwall 25 25
Devon 10 10
Gloucestershire 18 18
Somerset 47 47
* Social Work Service Regions.
Provisional.