HC Deb 13 May 1980 vol 984 c459W
Sir Bernard Braine

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons were admitted or readmitted to hospitals in England and Wales for treatment of alcoholism in the years 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979.

Sir George Young

The number of admissions to mental illness hospitals and units in England and Wales where a primary diagnosis of alcoholism or alcoholic psychosis was recorded was as follows:

First admissions Re-admissions Total admissions
1976 3,884 8,817 12,701
1977 4,085 8,973 13,058
1978 4,071 9,885 13,956

The figures for 1977 and 1978 are provisional and data are not yet available for 1979.