§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons have attended a Supplementary Benefits Commission reception centre more than once in each of the last four years; and what are the criteria for re-visits.
§ Mr. DeakinsInformation about the number of repeat admissions to reception centres is not available, but the criteria for a person's readmission are the same as for his or her initial admission
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WAITING TIMES—SEPTEMBER 1976 Region by Area Health Authority Total numbers of all cases Percentage of urgent cases waiting more than one month Percentage of non-urgent cases waiting more than one year Mean waiting time in weeks for cases discharged in 1974* Northern Cleveland … 51 33 17 Cumbria … 50 — — Durham … 19 — — Northumberland … 28 100 37 Gateshead … 4 — — Newcastle … 42 — 12 North Tyneside … 14 100 — South Tyneside … 2 — — Sunderland … — — — Regional Total … 210 75 12 2.4 Yorkshire Humberside … 24 — — North Yorkshire … 4 — — Bradford … 27 — — Calderdale … 12 — — Kirklees … 28 — — Leeds … 46 25 — Wakefield … 59 — — Regional Total … 200 23 — 2.1 Trent Derbyshire … 27 24 — Leicestershire … 21 60 100 Lincolnshire … 42 — 13 Nottinghamshire … 138 61 — Barnsley … 59 — 15 Doncaster … — — — Rotherham … — — — Sheffield … 11 — 36 Regional Total … 298 53 11 2.0 East Anglia Cambridgeshire … 14 — — Norfolk … 71 — 23 Suffolk … 107 — 10 Regional Total … 192 — 15 3.1 North West Thames Bedfordshire … 144 — 16 Hertfordshire … 188 44 25 Barnet … 41 38 — Brent/Harrow … 2 — — Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow … 10 — — Hillingdon … 30 — — Kensington/Chelsea/Westminster … 39 — — Regional Total … 454 27 16 5.6 namely, being without a settled way of living and requiring temporary board and lodging.