HC Deb 11 December 1980 vol 995 c459W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people under 17 years who are psychiatrically disturbed are held in the State mental hospital, Carstairs, other mental hospitals, list D schools and assessment centres.

Mr. Fairgrieve

The term "psychiatrically disturbed" does not correspond to any established classification of the various forms of mental illness, mental deficiency, emotional and behavioural disorders, etc., and it is therefore not possible to give a comprehensive answer to this question. At the State hospital there is one patient aged under 17 who is suffering from mental deficiency and severe emotional disturbance.