§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update the information on reception and reestablishment centres given to the hon. Member for Wallasey, Official Report, 5th July 1977, c. 471–4.
§ Mr. OrmeAt the end of 1977 the Supplementary Benefits Commission was administering seven reception centres, three re-establishment centres and 14
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RECEPTION CENTRES AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT CENTRES—NUMBERS OF PLACES Reception Re-establishment Centre Region and Centre Centre Number of beds Residential Number of beds Daily Number of places Scotland Bishopbriggs, Glasgow … … 64 6 18 Wales Stormy Down, Bridgend, Mid-Glamorgan … … 64 — 18 Northern Plawsworth, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham … … 112 14 30 Yorkshire and Humberside Leeds … … 96 — 30 Woodhouse, Sheffield … … 96 — 40 East Midlands and East Anglia Alvaston, Derby … … 104 — 15 London North Brady House, Stepney, E.1 … … — — 35 London South Crown Quay Lodge, Sittingbourne, Kent … … 76 — 15 Camberwell, Peckham, S.E.15 … … 938 — — Lancelot Andrewes House, Southwark, S.E.1 … … 60 — — Cedars Lodge, Clapham, S.W.4 … … 100 — — *Brighton … … 38 — — London West Camden, Kings Cross, W.C.1 … … 35 — — Bridge House, Notting Hill, W.10 … … 120 — 20 Pound Lodge, Willesden, N.W.10 … … 80 — — West End, Dean Street, W.1 … … 80 — — Southampton … … 80 — 25 Newbury, Berkshire … … 68 — 12 South Western Winterbourne, Bristol … … 112 — 18 West Midlands West Midlands, Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire … … 140 — 40 Henley-in-Arden, Solihull, Warwickshire … … — 30 20 North Western Manchester Walkden, Worsley, Manchester … … 84 — 45 Manchester (Mill Street) … … — — 30 Merseyside … … — Fazakerley, Liverpool … … 61 30 TOTALS … … 2,608 50 441 *Local authority administered. combined reception and re-establishment centres; their total cost in 1976–77 was £4,561,000, including £496,000 on new works. Information about their location and numbers of places is given in the table below.
The average length of stay in re-establishment centres remains at about six to eight weeks. Similar information is not available for reception centres, but the following was the length of stay of the persons resident in directly-administered centres on 27th December 1977:
Less than 1 week 336 1 week but less than 13 weeks 780 13 weeks but less than 26 weeks 229 26 weeks but less than 52 weeks 113 52 weeks but less than 2 years 55 over 2 years 43