§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will carry out a six-months' exercise on the basis of the proposed regulations for health and safety representatives and committees at his headquarters so as to ascertain the cost involved.
§ Mr. MoyleAs my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment told the House on 19th November 1976
ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITALS OR MENTAL NURSING HOMES Section of the Mental Health Act 1959 Year 25 26 29 30(2) 60 60/65 71, 72, 73 135, 136 Total 1970 … … 11,263 1,223 17,296 79 1,116 356 158 1,496 32,987 1971 … … 9,632 1,049 16,706 94 1,030 323 132 1,399 30,365 1972 … … 8,914 975 15,845 126 925 296 108 1,503 28,693 1973 … … 8,264 875 14,949 153 946 352 97 1,561 27,197 1974 … … 7,534 813 13,588 179 904 335 79 1,565 24,997 In addition the following hospital admissions were made under the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964:
1970 17 1971 23 1972 32 1973 21 1974 21 Information on orders made under the Act is not routinely collected and the numbers made under the different sections are not readily available. In practice a number of persons admitted under Sections 25, 29, 30(2), 135 and 136 subsequently became the subject of orders under Section 26. The table column headed "Section 26" does not reflect these since it refers to admissions and not to patients already in hospital when the Section 26 order is made. There may also be a few cases in which a Section 25 order is made on a patient already admitted under one of the other sections.
I am sorry that the reply to my hon. Friend's Question on this subject on 26th July—[Vol. 916, c. 115–18.]—did not make this clear, and was, therefore, somewhat misleading.
612W[Vol. 919, c. 797]—the Government have decided not to bring these proposed regulations into force for the time being and are considering the matter further.