HC Deb 13 June 1978 vol 951 c376W
29. Mr. Sainsbury

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients over retirement age occupy psychiatric beds.

Mr. Moyle

It is estimated that on 31st December 1975, the latest date for which the information is available, there were about 12,000 men aged 65 or over and about 34,000 women aged 60 or over occupying beds in mental illness hospitals and units in England.