§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list how many of the 69 patients on the "transfer list" at Rampton hospital at 1 July 1980 and designated "subnormal" or "severely subnormal" have now been transferred to National Health Service hospitals.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 27 January 1980, c. 389]Of the 69 patients who were on "the transfer list" at Rampton Hospital, as at 1 July 1980, six subnormal and five severely subnormal patients had been transferred to National Health Service Hospitals as at 26 January 1981; these included a male patient and a female patient who had been waiting seven years and eight years respectively. We hope to see further progress of this kind as a result of the letter sent by my right hon. Friend to regional health authority chairmen last November. We are studying closely the progress reports which are now coming in from regions and we shall continue to monitor the position carefully.