§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked 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 YoungThe 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-Silkasked 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 YoungGrants 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-Silkasked 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.
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§ Sir George YoungFigures 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 69W
(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-Silkasked 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 YoungThe 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