§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many (a) residental places and (b) day centre places were completed by local authorities for the mentally handicapped in England for each year from 1971 to 1978.
§ Mr. MoyleThe information necessary to answer this question is not held centrally. However, the net effects of new provision and closure of places in recent years are as follows:
regional health authority, or comparable area before 1974, for each year from 1969–70 to 1978–79, and what are the respective projections for 1982.
§ Mr. MoyleI will let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as figures can be 53W extracted from the records and the necessary calculations carried out.