HC Deb 03 March 1976 vol 906 cc665-6W
Miss Boothroyd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report the number and capacity of registered homes for those patients released from psychiatric units and mental hospitals in each of the area health authorities within the responsibility of the West Midlands Regional Hospital Board.

Dr. Owen

Information about registered voluntary and private homes for the mentally ill and mentally handicapped in the West Midlands at 31st March 1975 is set out in the following table. These homes are not solely for discharged hospital patients and may contain mentally disordered people who have never been treated in hospital.

Registered Volunatry and Private Homes
AHA's Number Places
Hereford/Worcester 1 17
Salop — —
Staffordshire — —
Warwickshire 1 4
Birmingham 1 16
Coventry 1 14
Dudley — —
Sandwell 3 12
Solihull 1 20
Walsall — —
Wolverhampton — —
Total 8 83