§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many National Health Service mental hospitals are in use in England and Wales; what is the name of each; how many staff are employed in each; what is the cost to public funds of employing 769W the staff in each; and how many inmates occupy places in each hospital.
§ Sir George YoungInformation on staff expenditure at individual hospitals is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information on the other aspects mentioned is contained in the publications " The facilities and services of mental illness and mental handicap hospitals in England 1975 " and " Mental illness and mental handicap hospitals and units in Wales: Statistics 1975–1976", copies of which are available in the Library. I regret that more up-to-date information is not yet available.