HC Deb 10 November 1980 vol 992 cc66-9W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what recommendations of the report "The Pattern and Range of Services for Problem Drinkers" have so far been implemented; which others he proposes to implement and when; which he has rejected; and if he is satisfied with the progress of implementation.

Sir George Young

The report is concerned with services falling to a wide range of national and local statutory and voluntary agencies and puts forward a wide range of recommendations for their consideration. The report was circulated to health authorities and local social service authorities and it is already open to them to implement many of the proposals within their available resources. No detailed information on this is held centrally.

Comments on the report have been received by this Department and are being considered with other related reports by them and by other Departments concerned in relation to their responsibilities. No recommendations have to date been rejected.

In particular, the Department is considering whether the development of services for problem drinkers, which the Government recognise as a serious but intractable social problem, would be assisted by the issue to field authorities of further guidance deriving from the advisory committee on alcoholism's reports.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much his Department has provided to date and in the last financial year to voluntary organisations providing community services for alcoholics.

Sir George Young

Grants given by DHSS to voluntary organisations providing services for alcoholics:

1979–80 £1.1 million
1980–81 £1.0 million
(approved to 30 September 1980)

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the grants given to organisations for providing hostels for alcoholics (a) to date and (b) in the last financial year. Financial year.

Sir George Young

Figures in the form requested are not readily available. The following tables show grants made under the Department's circular 21/73, "Community Services for Alcoholics" (a) to all voluntary organisations providing hostels for alcoholics in each financial year since the introduction of the circular (b) to each voluntary organisation in the last complete financial year.

(a) Finacial year Grants made
£
1973–74 114,309
1974–75 220,504
1975–76 302,837
1976–77 458,916
1977–78 468,279
1978–79 463,640
1979–80 534,916
(b) Voluntary organisation Grants made in 1979–80
£
Alcoholics Recovery Project 26,071
Anac House Project 1,440
Aquarius 31,743
Avon Council on Alcoholism 9,974
Birmingham Diocesan Church of England Council for Social Aid 9,922
Bow Mission 27,241
Camden Alcoholics Support Association 16,435
Church Army 7,144
Devon Council on Alcoholism 10,236
Fairmeadow Hostel Committee 2,078
Ferry Cross Project 3,324
Hampshire Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders 8,738
Hastings Hostel Limited 9,690
Homeless Action and Accommodation Limited 5,312
Hope House Trust 20,238
Merseyside, Lancashire and Cheshire Council on Alcoholism 46,155
Oxford and District Council on Alcoholism 4,067
Petrus Community Trust 8,297
Richmond Fellowship 348
Royal London Aid Society 10,320
St. Anne's Shelter and Housing Action Limited 36,934
Salvation Army 17,820
Scunthorpe Committee on Alcoholism 4,505
Society of St. Dismas Limited 4,292
Spelthorpe St. Mary 1,695
Spitalfields Crypt Trust 18,893
Stonham Housing Association Limited 32,250
Thamesdown and North Wiltshire Council on Alcoholism 9,348
Turning Point 120,746
Wayback Foundation 19,672
West London Cyrenians 2,757
Westminster Advisory Cenre on Alcoholism 6,230
Total 534,916

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the numbers of people admitted to mental illness hospitals and units with a primary or secondary diagnosis of alcoholism or alcoholic psychosis in each regional health authority area in the last year for which figures are available.

Sir George Young

The following is the information requested:

ADMISSIONS TO MENTAL ILLNESS HOSPITALS AND UNITS WITH A DIAGNOSIS (PRIMARY OR SECONDARY) OF ALCOHOLISM OR ALCOHOLIC PSYCHOSIS BY REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
Regional health authority Admissions (1978)
Northern 1,149
Yorkshire 1,084
Trent 1,028
East Anglia 414
North West Thames 1,304
North East Thames 900
South East Thames 1,093
South West Thames 1,312
Wessex 921
Oxford 710
South Western 780
West Midlands 1,318
Mersey 789
North Western 1,932
Boards of governors hospitals 86
England 14,820