HC Deb 24 July 1978 vol 954 cc534-5W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will indicate the departmental guidelines or provision for residential places and day-care facilities for (a) the mentally handicapped and (b) the mentally ill; and the actual provision of Lancashire county council, Sefton, St. Helens, and Knowsley councils.

MENTAL HANDICAP
Residential Places for Adult Training Centre Places
Juniors Adults
Local Authority Number Rate/1,000 population aged under 16 Net Number Rate/1,000 population aged 16 and over Number Rate/1,000 total population
Lancashire CC 124 0.38 590 0.56 1,132 0.82
Sefton 15 0.19 78 0.34 218 0.71
St. Helens 11 0.21 51 0.36 272 1.40
Knowsley 2 0.03 54 0.42 227 1.20
Departmental national guidelines 0.44 0.78 1.50

MENTAL ILLNESS
Residential places for mentally ill adults Day centre places for the mentally ill
Local Authority Number Rate/1,000 total population Number Rate/1,000 total population
Lancashire CC 52 0.04 0* 0.00*
Sefton 15 0.05 24 0.08
St. Helens 20 0.10 0 0.00
Knowsley 5 0.03 25 0.13
Departmental national guidelines 0.19 to 0.30 0.60
* Lancashire CC has a day centre of 150 places not allocated to a specific group. Information available centrally does not show how many of these places, if any, are used by the mentally ill.